WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has been careening toward what could be a calamitous default on its debt because of a political stalemate over raising the nation's $16.7 trillion (10.47 trillion pounds) debt cap.
The U.S. Treasury has said it will hit the ceiling by Thursday unless Congress increases it by then.
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