U.S. Risks Joining 1933 Germany in Pantheon of Deadbeat Defaults

Reneging on its debt obligations would make the U.S. the first major Western government to default since Nazi Germany 80 years ago. Germany unilaterally ceased payments on long-term borrowings on May 6, 1933, three months after Adolf Hitler was installed as Chancellor. The default helped cement …

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U.S. Risks Joining 1933 Germany in Pantheon of Deadbeat Defaults