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Debt Deadlock Chills Consumers

NPR | By NPR Staff
Published June 30, 2011 at 12:00 PM EDT
President Barack Obama discusses the debt limit and federal deficit during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, June 29, 2011.
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President Barack Obama discusses the debt limit and federal deficit during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, June 29, 2011.

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