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Reuters: Analysis: Risk of US downgrade still on the cards despite debt deal
“'A second downgrade would matter, and perhaps more than even the first downgrade,' said Wendy Edelberg, director of The Hamilton Project at the Brookings Inst…
CNN: House GOP challenges CBO’s analysis of work requirements in debt ceiling bill
“A back-of-the envelope calculation by Lauren Bauer, a fellow in economic studies at the Brookings Institution, yielded similar results to the CBO analysis. Th…
Business Insider: Biden and McCarthy’s plan to change SNAP work requirements in the debt-ceiling deal could actually expand benefits — but not employment
“Lauren Bauer, a fellow in Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution and the associate director of The Hamilton Project at Brookings, said during a media b…
TIME: Why Janet Yellen doesn’t lose sleep over U.S. borrowing that alarms most Americans
“Wendy Edelberg, a former chief economist at the Congressional Budget Office, says better budgeting will be needed in the long run, because ‘you can’t have the…
MSNBC American Voices: Combative debt ceiling process in question as deal is reached
“It’s really important to talk about the deal. It’s really important. It will affect the way the federal government does its job over the next two years, but I…
NBC: Debt ceiling news: A deal could come soon, GOP aide says
“Even if one of those proposals was acted upon, it still doesn’t get around the larger psychological effects that would occur in the global financial markets …
CNN: The only solution to the debt limit crisis
“While use of unprecedented workarounds could indeed allow Treasury to continue to spend, such actions would not be without legal uncertainty and would not pre…
The Wall Street Journal: Debt-ceiling standoff could start a recession, but default would be worse
“If no deal is reached and the government can’t pay all its bills for days or weeks, repercussions would be enormous. ’There would be chaos in the global finan…
