MSNBC’s Morning Joe: Shutdown and Debt Ceiling

On today’s Morning Joe, Steven Rattner explains that ironically the government shutdown fight this year is not over the deficit – which has been declining over the last few years and negatively impacting growth. He also shows the impact of the Congressional impasse on the CDS market which spiked last week over concerns that the shutdown fight might spillover to the much more serious debt ceiling. For charts, click here.

On today’s Morning Joe, Steven Rattner explains that ironically the government shutdown fight this year is not over the deficit – which has been declining over the last few years and negatively impacting growth. He also shows the impact of the Congressional impasse on the CDS market which spiked last week over concerns that the shutdown fight might spillover to the much more serious debt ceiling.


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“[a] surprisingly modest account…Rattner has a journalistic talent for the telling detail, resulting in a memorable tale of life in the middle of the economic meltdown...Rattner deftly draws portraits of the inhabitants of "the Oval" and the West Wing...Rattner has proved himself a gifted chronicler.”
-Time Magazine

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