Yellen: Debt Ceiling Deal Protected Our Economy and Our Financial Markets from Catastrophe

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YELLEN: “Well, what I can tell you is that what I said and what President Biden said from the outset is that to protect our economy and our financial markets from catastrophe, what's necessary is to find a consensual bipartisan approach to raising the debt ceiling. And that was my focus. That was President Biden's focus. That was what was achieved.”