None. That’s the total of on-the-other-hand good news I have to report this week. Lest you think I am overlooking the debt deal cut in Washington last week, consider this:

♦ The deal did not prevent default, because default was never going to happen: The Treasury had plenty of cash with which to pay interest due on our debt, and would only have had to prioritise other payments.

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