Obama warns on US public debt pile
By Edward Luce in Beijing and Krishna Guha in Washington
Published: November 18 2009 13:35 | Last updated: November 18 2009 21:07
US President Barack Obama warned that the US economy could head into a “double-dip recession” unless urgent steps were taken to rein in mounting public debt.
The US president’s remarks – in an interview with Fox News in Beijing on Wednesday, towards the end of his eight-day tour of Asia – marked his strongest language yet on the necessity of putting public finances back on a sound footing.
“It is important though to recognise if we keep on adding to the debt, even in the midst of this recovery, that at some point, people could lose confidence in the US economy in a double-dip recession,” said Mr Obama.
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009
President Warns About "Double Dipping"
Actually, President Barack Obama warned that if his administration continued to pile up public debt at the rate it is going that there would be hell to pay.
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