How could Washington avoid a debt ceiling default?

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Mint a few trillion dollar platinum coins. Seriously

While raising the US debt ceiling has not gotten as much attention — yet — as the risk of falling off the fiscal cliff, it soon will. The limit will likely be hit by year end. And if Congress fails to raise the borrowing cap, the Treasury would likely run out of money-management options to avoid a default some time in the February.

So what to do? Analyst Chris Krueger at Guggenheim Securities’s Washington Research Group outlines four options. Pay particular attention #4:


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