The United States has crossed a line where its borrowing is no longer an abstract concern but a daily drag on opportunity.

The Peter G. Peterson Foundation, a nonpartisan budget watchdog, ran the numbers exclusively for Fortune.

"There are fewer opportunities," Kurt Couchman added. "The opportunities that are there aren't paying as well. Productivity ...

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President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday that Congress should get rid of the debt ceiling, a day after he and Elon Musk came out against a deal reached by congressional lawmakers to fund the ...