President Barack Obama and the Republican leader in the House of Representatives signalled they were both ready to make compromises to avoid a looming fiscal crisis in the US and increase the nation’s borrowing authority.
But on a day when both sides met at the White House to hash out a possible $4,000bn fiscal deal ahead of an August 2 deadline to avoid a US default, there was deep scepticism in Washington whether a grand bargain was feasible.
Any deal needs to include deep cuts in spending and popular entitlement programmes as well as reductions in corporate tax breaks to some industries,
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