What the debt ceiling standoff could mean for your retirement plans

NPR | By Rachel Treisman

Published May 15, 2023 at 7:34 AM EDT

A man enters the New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street in New York City on Friday.

NPR's A Martinez talks to Joel Dickson, global head of advice methodology at Vanguard, a low-cost investment firm, about how the country's ability to pay its debts affect retirement accounts.

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