BREAKING: The White House and Republicans have reached an agreement to avoid a US default. Kevin McCarthy will give formal remarks at 9:10 p.m. ET.

WASHINGTON — House Republicans reached a tentative deal with the White House on Saturday night to address the nation’s borrowing limit and avoid a catastrophic default on U.S. sovereign debt. Three Republican sources said there is a tentative agreement between …

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Biden claims it is not his fault if we default on our debt… Treasury Secretary Yellen claims that the 14th Amendment cannot be appropriately used to raise the debt ceiling.

Biden blamed Republicans for the U.S. defaulting on debt, calling their latest offers “unacceptable” and refusing to agree to a tax break for the oil industry. via townhall: After dodging reporter’s questions about the debt ceiling, President Joe Biden finally …

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US debt ceiling impasse pushes government credit default swaps to record high. Someone is betting against the USA! Maybe that’s why Yellen called the CEOs? The best time we can live.

via reuters: NEW YORK, May 10 (Reuters) – The cost of insuring exposure to U.S. government debt rose to fresh highs on Wednesday, as President Joe Biden and top lawmakers remained deadlocked in talks over raising the $31.4 trillion federal …

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OPEN for comment! ICE Clear Europe’s New Game Plan: Futures and Options Default Management Policy ‘2.0’. The new policy would clarify and enhance certain practices relating to hedging strategy following a default and set out the key factors to consider in declaring and managing an Event of Default.

by Dismal-Jellyfish https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-09207.pdf Purpose: ICE Clear Europe is proposing to adopt a new Futures and Options Default Management Policy, which would address procedures and requirements for the Clearing House’s management of an Event of Default with respect to an F&O …

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Samsung is considering Bing as default search engine across all devices

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/google-may-lose-search-samsung-014102604.html (Bloomberg) — Microsoft Corp.’s Bing may replace Alphabet Inc.’s Google as the default search service on Samsung Electronics Co. devices, according to a New York Times report on Sunday. Suwon-based Samsung, the world’s leading smartphone maker, is considering making …

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UBS Credit Default Swaps spiking

UBS Credit Default Swaps spiking- the $CS hot potato is just switching hands… pic.twitter.com/p5J8pMz4T7 — Roberto Rios (@peruvian_bull) March 20, 2023 View post on imgur.com UBS right now pic.twitter.com/5txbQq5FX2 — Satoshidisco (@satoshidisco) March 20, 2023

Price Of Insuring Against US Debt Default Highest Since Last Debt Ceiling Crisis In 2013 (Debt Up 88% Since The Last Crisis, $182 In Unfunded US Liabilites)

by confoundedinterest17 The last US debt crisis occured in 2013 when Congress finally raised the debt ceiling … and kept on borrowing and spending, But if you thought that a debt crisis would scare Congress (and the Administration) into balancing the Federal …

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Bank of America CEO preparing for potential US debt default

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Bank of America CEO says the company is preparing for potential US debt default. — Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru) February 6, 2023 https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/06/investing/bank-of-america-ceo-brian-moynihan-debt-default/index.html#:~:text=The%20CEO%20of%20Bank%20of,possibility%20that%20cannot%20be%20ignored.

The Coming Great Global Default

by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: Dear Martin Could you please describe more in detail what you are expecting when talking about the breakdown of the monetary system? Will there be differences between countries like Germany and Switzerland for example? Especially regarding pension …

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