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Title
- Main Title The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases
Creator
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Author: Austin, D. AndrewCreator Type: PersonalCreator Info: Analyst in Economic Policy
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Author: Levit, Mindy R.Creator Type: PersonalCreator Info: Analyst in Public Finance
Publisher
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Name: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.Place of Publication: Washington D.C.
Date
- Creation: 2013-08-27
Language
- English
Description
- Content Description: This report discusses how the total debt of the federal government can increase, provides an historical overview of debt limits, and explains how the current economic slowdown has led to higher deficits and thereby a series of debt limit increases, also discusses the legislation related to these increases.
- Physical Description: 43 pages.
Subject
- Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Budgets
- Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Federal budgets
- Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Public debt
- Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Budget deficits
- Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Economic policy
- Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Business cycles
Primary Source
- Item is not a Primary Source
Coverage
- Place Name: United States
Collection
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Name: Congressional Research Service ReportsCode: CRSR
Institution
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Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents DepartmentCode: UNTGD
Resource Type
- Report
Format
- Text
Identifier
- CRS Report Number: RL31967
- Accession or Local Control No: RL31967_2013Aug27
- Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc227978