Analysis

A Fine Dessert, Dinner Scene, illustrated by Sophie Blackall Courtesy of Kathleen Dunn, Penguin Random House hide caption

President Obama tours a General Electric gas engines factory in Waukesha, Wis., on Jan. 30, 2014. GE has recently said it would shift hundreds of jobs abroad because of the Export-Import Bank's inability to help finance international deals. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

Unless Congress raises the debt limit by Nov. 3, the U.S. Treasury may be left with only incoming taxes and fees to cover expenses, which would not be enough to pay all bills. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump, left speaks at a Republican presidential debate last month, as former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush listens. Mark J. Terrill/AP hide caption

Former Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee at the first Democratic presidential debate Tuesday. John Locher/AP hide caption

US Airways and American Airlines planes sit at the gates at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. LM Otero/AP hide caption

Clinton wants gun manufacturers to be held more liable for crimes committed with their weapons. Darren McCollester/Getty Images hide caption

Secretary of State John Kerry (left) greets Boeing employees in May prior to talking about the benefits to U.S. exporters of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Saul Loeb/AP hide caption

Capterpillar says it plans to lay off up to 10,000 workers, with many of those cuts coming in Illinois, amid a slide in equipment orders. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption

The tables are set in the State Dining Room of the White House for Friday's state dinner honoring visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption

The International Monetary Fund says the U.S. and China have a combined annual gross domestic product of about $30 trillion. kcastagnola/iStockphoto hide caption