President Barack Obama has criticised European leaders for failing to tackle the debt crisis and has demanded “more effective, co-ordinated” fiscal policy. Read More President Barack Obama attacks European leaders over debt crisis
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Barack Obama warned that America’s prized AAA rating is in jeopardy and that the country is “almost out of time” to agree a deficit deal as GDP data showed the moribund state of the US economy. Read More Barack Obama issues plea after US GDP shock
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If the impasse over the US debt limit is not broken soon, President Barack Obama will be forced to decide how he will manage the crisis. Read More What could US President Barack Obama do if debt talks fail
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The switchboard at Congress almost crashed on Tuesday as Americans voiced their anger at the stalemate in Washington over raising the country’s $14.3 trillion (?8 trillion) debt ceiling. Read More Americans vent anger at Barack ObamaJohn Boehner debt stalemate
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US President Barack Obama and top Congressional leaders are scrambling to agree a deal to raise America’s $14.3 trillion (?8.8trillion) debt ceiling before financial markets open on Monday. Read More Barack Obama warns of market meltdown if US debt talks fail
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US politicians face a ‘hot weekend’ in Washington as the focus of financial markets turns squarely to the fraught talks aimed at preventing the American government defaulting on its debts. Read More US debt crisis Greek deal turns up the heat on Barack Obamas talks
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The scale of the slowdown in US growth this year will be starkly underlined by new figures this week raising questions about whether the world’s biggest economy can regain momentum. Read More Barack Obama faces new headache as the US economy stumbles
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The Labour Party has been left “entirely isolated” in its soft approach to deficit reduction, George Osborne said on Friday, after President Barack Obama unveiled a consolidation programme that puts the UK’s in the shade. Read More Labour entirely isolated by Barack Obamas deficit cuts, says George Osborne
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Labour has been left “entirely isolated” in its soft approach to deficit reduction, George Osborne said on Friday, after President Barack Obama unveiled a consolidation programme that puts the UK in the shade. Read More Labour isolated by Barack Obamas deficit cuts, says George Osborne
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Overseas visits by political leaders tend to be more about grandstanding than anything else, so no-one should expect substantive agreements and measures to emerge from David Cameron’s first official visit to Washington. Read More David Camerons economic tutorial for Barack Obama
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