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US: Rise in market bets on default risk as insurance cost jumps | WION Pulse

Will the US default on its debt, well, the financial markets bet that the risk of a default has risen. A market measure called Credit Default Swap or CDS is used to understand investors thinking on a country's ability to repay its debt.