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Risk and the government’s credit rating

Inspired by Michael McConnell’s post and a comment by Charles Krauthammer on Special Report with Bret Baier, I offer a different way of thinking about the current budget battle. Let’s consider it in terms of tradeoffs among different types of risks.


Understanding Cut, Cap, and Balance

Sometime this week the House of Representatives will consider Rep. Jason Chaffetz’ H.R. 2560, the “Cut, Cap & Balance Act.”

We are entering the arcane world of budget process, so this could be tough sledding. I will do my best to distill the…


Are short term debt limit increases unusual?

In his remarks to the press Friday, the President insisted that any debt limit extension be “through the next election, into 2013.” That’s a bit more than seventeen months. He has threatened to veto a shorter term increase.

These were the top 10 stories published by Keith Hennessey in July of 2011. You can also dive into daily archives for July of 2011 by using the calendar at the top of this page.

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