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US default could be ‘catastrophic’: Treasury

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US default could be ‘catastrophic’: Treasury (via AFP)

A US default on its obligations forced by Congress not raising the country’s borrowing ceiling would have catastrophic effects, the Treasury warned Thursday. With the government likely to exhaust its cash reserves around October 17, the Treasury said…



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