Ex-Treasury Secretary Warns of Deficit ‘Doom Loop,’ Says Fiscal Debates Need to Be ‘Back on the Table’

Ex-Treasury Secretary Warns of Deficit ‘Doom Loop,’ Says Fiscal Debates Need to Be ‘Back on the Table’
Ex-Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers during a press conference in Venice, Italy, on July 9, 2021. Andreas Solaro/AFP via Getty Images
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers said in a recent Bloomberg interview that fiscal debates need to be put “back on the table” as surging borrowing costs risk a potential deficit “doom loop.”

Summers made the remarks during Friday’s edition of Bloomberg’s “Wall Street Week,” in which he said that the Biden administration’s big spending initiatives, including the student-loan forgiveness that caused the monthly deficit to jump 562 percent, could shake investor confidence.
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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