U.S. economy living on borrowed time?

The chief economist of the International Monetary Fund, Kenneth Rogoff, said today if a ‘poor developing country’ tried running a deficit equal to 5% of annual output, the market would give them ‘just enough rope to hang themselves’ before credit stopped and the currency went into freefall. He’s talking about the U.S.!

September 19th, 2003 by Jeff |

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September 19th, 2003 by Jeff | Filed under Uncategorized