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Chris Russo on the 2021 Debt Limit Fight, Its Potential Impacts, and Solutions for Reform

Published: Oct. 4, 2021, 4:30 a.m.

Chris Russo is a post-graduate research fellow in the Monetary Policy Program of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and is a former economist at the New York Federal Reserve Bank. He re-joins Macro Musings to talk about the growing concerns over the US debt ceiling, what it could mean for the economy, and how to fix the issue.

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Transcript for the episode can be found here.

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Chris\u2019s Twitter: @RussoEcon

Chris\u2019s Mercatus profile: https://www.mercatus.org/scholars/christopher-russo

Chris\u2019s Github site: https://christopher-russo.github.io/about/

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Related Links:

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*Permanently Suspend the Debt Limit* by Christopher Russo

https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/553827-permanently-suspend-the-debt-limit

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*What the Fed Will Do if Congress Doesn\u2019t Fix the Debt Ceiling* by Christopher Russo

https://www.barrons.com/articles/inside-the-feds-playbook-for-a-dollar-default-51622055588

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*America\u2019s Need to Pay Its Bills Has Spawned a Political Game* by Jim Tankersley

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/26/business/economy/america-debt-limit-political-game.html

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David\u2019s blog: macromarketmusings.blogspot.com

David\u2019s Twitter: @DavidBeckworth