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US deficits are testing investor patience

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is global chief economist at Citigroup US fiscal performance has reached new depths of dysfunction. In recent months, the country has endured a stressful debt-ceiling episode, Fitch has downgraded the US sovereign credit

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IMF urges governments to cut deficits to dent inflation

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Governments around the world must take more meaningful steps to rein in public spending and raise revenues or risk hindering central banks’ efforts to tame inflation, an IMF official has warned. Vitor Gaspar, head of

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What to do with deficits, debts

The hawks of the federal budget found themselves in a quandary. Having predicted nine of the last zero debt crises, those of us who are concerned about the trajectory of US government spending must inevitably convince the public that this time it’s different. It will be hard to sell, but we must try. Uncle Sam’s

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