The risk of a US debt default is rising. Photo: Agencies

Insuring US Treasury notes against default now costs more than insuring Mexican debt, as House Republicans threaten to push the US into technical default rather than give the Biden administration more room for deficit spending. If April tax receipts turn out to have been weaker than expected, default could hit as early as mid-June. US […]

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