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The US debt ceiling debate

Name: The US debt ceiling debate
Uploaded: 2015-10-22T19:49:55.457Z
Duration: 2 min 27 s
Channel: Financial Times
Description: US markets editor explains why no one is dancing over the US debt ceiling debate.

US markets editor Robin Wigglesworth discusses the dangers of the looming debt ceiling stand-off.

October 22, 2015

Produced by Gregory Bobillot and Donell Newkirk

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