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US Treasury to launch measures Tuesday to avoid debt limit breach

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Janet Yellen says the government will reach its statutory borrowing limit on Tuesday .

The Treasury will use "extraordinary measures" to keep from breaching the cap and risking a potential default.

Yellen urges Congress to raise or suspend the debt limit "to protect the full faith and credit of the United States " A default would likely have severe economic consequences.

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English

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