borrowing limit

基本解释

The US risks default on its debt if Congress does not raise the borrowing limit before 2 August.
如果国会在8月2日债务到期之前不提高公共债务上限，美国将面临债务违约风险。
The US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke says America's creditworthiness is at risk if the country's borrowing limit is not raised.
美联储主席本?伯南克称，如果美国不提高借款上限，美国的信誉将面临危机。
The U. S. Senate has blocked a Democratic proposal to raise the federal borrowing limit and avoid a potential default on America's $14.3 trillion national debt.
美国议员们对即将达成一项削减政府开支，而避免美国14.3万亿美元国债出现可能违约的两党协议表示了审慎的乐观。

Opposition Republican leaders agree on the need to raise the borrowing limit by August second or risk the nation's first default.
Anyone who has ever borrowed money can relate to the debate over raising America's borrowing limit.
But on Thursday, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned lawmakers that lack of action to raise the borrowing limit would mean a lower credit rating.

Congressional budget rules treat the borrowing limit as a fundamental restraint on NFIP spending.
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