Debt ceiling: With debate on hold, where is U.S. economy headed now?
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Debt ceiling: With debate on hold, where is US economy headed now? (via The Christian Science Monitor)
Like a sailboat caught in the doldrums, the US economy in 2013 is looking for a puff of wind to get it moving again. Seemingly every bit of positive economic news is offset by some that is negative: Tax rates for most everyone who works are up, now that the payroll tax cut has expired, but then so…
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