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Shanthi Rexaline

Chamath Palihapitiya Recalls What Happened When US Last Got A Credit Downgrade

US President Joe Biden waves while boarding Air Force One at Delaware Air National Guard Base in New Castle, Delaware, on May 30, 2023, as he travels back to the White House in Washington, DC. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/BENZINGA

President Joe Biden and House Republicans reached an agreement over the weekend to suspend the debt ceiling limit for two years. The safe passage of the bill through Congress is clouded with uncertainty as conservative GOP members have expressed their unhappiness over it.

Last week, rating agency Moody’s warned of putting the U.S.’s “AAA” credit rating on “negative” watch in the eventuality of the U.S. defaulting without a debt deal. 

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