The US debt ceiling negotiations, which lasted for nearly one months, achieved a phased outcome on October 16, 2013, ending the 16-day lockout in the federal government's non-core sector. The dilemma is rooted in the "kidnapping" of the public debt ceiling, which controls the government's budget spending, which is expected to continue to be fierce in the early 2014, when the two-party struggle over the debt ceiling persists, with fiscal risk continuing.