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    After the Debt Deal, What Now?

    The debt ceiling will be lifted and the US will be able to pay its bills. But what's the impact of the hard-won deficit-reduction agreement on jobs, the economy and...

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    By Warren Olney • Aug 2, 2011 • 50m Listen

    The debt ceiling will be lifted and the US will be able to pay its bills. But what's the impact of the hard-won deficit-reduction agreement on jobs, the economy and America's credit rating? On Reporter's Notebook, pork belly futures go belly up.

    Banner image: (L-R) Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), and Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin (D-IL) hold a news conference at the US Capitol, after the Senate passed the bipartisan debt ceiling legislation. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

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