“The Treasury Department continues to project that the United States will exhaust its borrowing authority under the debt limit on August 2, 2011," said Mary Miller, the Treasury's assistant secretary for financial markets. "Secretary Geithner urges Congress to avoid the catastrophic economic and market consequences of a default crisis by raising the statutory debt limit in a timely manner.”
Treasury holds firm on Aug. 2 deadline
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