Commodities Markets Register Mixed Reactions as Debt Ceiling Negotiations Continue
The past few weeks have been filled with talks about the U.S. debt ceiling and what would happen if the government defaults on its debt. The federal debt ceiling places a hard limit on the amount of money the federal government is allowed to borrow to meet obligations such as national defense, tax refunds and Social Security payments. Every few years, lawmakers have voted to raise the U.S. debt ceiling to prevent the country from defaulting on its debt, with the Reagan administration raising the debt limit a whopping 18 times during his tenure. However, with the topic becoming quite…