Following on from US treasury sec, Jack Lew's warning earlier, a vote could come as early as Friday. Jack Lew said that the administrations latest estimates is that the US will exhaust borrowing capacity no later than October 17.
  • US will only have about $30bn in cash at hand when capacity reached
  • Net expenditures on certain days can be as high as $60bn
  • Any plans to prioritise government payments over others is simply default by any other name
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