America’s Fiscal Cliff: IMF, Experts Urge Path to Financial Stability

America’s Fiscal Cliff: IMF, Experts Urge Path to Financial Stability
International Monetary Fund Headquarters in Washington, on Aug. 4, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
Indrajit Basu
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The debt situation in the United States is looking increasingly precarious, and the country is on the brink of a fiscal crisis unless it takes steps to reduce its federal budget deficit and manage debt growth.

This is a warning from experts, including the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which said in a report last week that the astronomical increase in the U.S. national debt poses significant risks to the global economy, which also has the potential to further exacerbate high inflation.