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Debt ceiling jitters drive up cost of insuring against US default

Market concerns rise over potential US government default as cost of credit default swaps reaches highest level in a decade amid stalemate between White House and congressional Republicans over raising borrowing limit.

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  • Cost of US government default insurance at highest in a decade.
  • Investors concerned about political impasse over debt ceiling.
  • Price of five-year credit default swaps reached highest since 2012.
  • Republican House demanding budget cuts in exchange for raising debt ceiling.
  • IMF warns debt ceiling uncertainty adding to risks and volatility in short-term US funding markets.
Debt ceiling jitters drive up cost of insuring against US default
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Financial TimesLauren Fedor

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