Raising the Debt Ceiling

The known-knowns and the known-unknowns of the debt ceiling debate. And, a handy flow chart.

If this is Wednesday, there must be news of the debt limit. And in fact -- there is. Democratic Rep. Jerrold Nadler (N.Y.) introduced a measure that would get rid of the debt ceiling altogether.

USC professor Edward Kleinbard suggests IOUs are the best way to fix the debt ceiling.

A trillion dollar coin? It’s legal for the Treasury to mint and it could resolve the debt ceiling debate. But don’t bet your paper money on it.

Raising the debt ceiling used to be routine. Is now really different than before?

History reveals a controversial task for the debt limit that goes all the way back to World War I.

Deep spending cuts could hamper economic growth, and some analysts say the debt deal may actually spook investors, rather than reassure them

The debt limit crisis may be over for now, but where does that leave the U.S. economy? Can Wall Street have confidence in U.S. credit again, and are we in a double-dip recession?

Analyst Juli Niemann explains that the U.S. Congress says it made tough choices -- without actually having made all those tough choices.

Some of the federal savings will come at the expense of graduate students who are losing a subsidized loan program which doesn't charge them any interest until months after they graduate.