There has been an agreement to end the US debt ceiling farce (for now). The bill still has to pass Congress. This is not a “successful” conclusion to the nonsense. The issue will come up again, as the debt ceiling has not been abolished. While the economic impact of the compromise is limited, politicians’ time has been wasted in creating a solution. Worse still, economists’ time has been wasted in talking about this. Unnecessary risk and uncertainty has been added to a slowing economy.
