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ECB President Lagarde Warns of ‘Major Disaster’ If US Defaults on Debt Obligations
There is a lot of discussion lately about the U.S. government’s debt ceiling and whether Congress will act before defaulting. In a recent interview, Christine Lagarde, the president of the…