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Janet Yellen: failing to increase the debt limit would have catastrophic economic consequences.

On the recordSeptember 27, 2021
failing to increase the debt limit would have catastrophic economic consequences.
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Janet Yellen
Democratic · California

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Yellen warns of severe economic fallout from not raising the debt ceiling.

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