Biggest Fear Among US Business Leaders Is ‘Catastrophic’ Debt Default: White House Economic Adviser

Biggest Fear Among US Business Leaders Is ‘Catastrophic’ Debt Default: White House Economic Adviser
Then-Federal Reserve board member Lael Brainard speaks at the White House, in Washington, on Nov. 22, 2021. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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A key aide to President Joe Biden said Sunday that American business leaders’ chief concern is not inflation or recession but the looming threat of a “catastrophic” government debt default.

Lael Brainard, director of the White House National Economic Council, told CBS' “Face the Nation” on Sunday that the country’s top business leaders have told her that their biggest concern is failure on the part of lawmakers on Capitol Hill to avert a default of the nation’s debt.
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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