Obama warns of crisis unless debt ceiling is raised

Agence France-Presse

12:57 am | Tuesday, January 15th, 2013

US President Barack Obama. AP

WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama Monday warned of a new economic crisis and said global stock markets would go “haywire” unless Republicans in Congress agree to raise the US sovereign debt ceiling.

“To even entertain the idea of this happening, of the United States of America not paying its bills, it is irresponsible, it is absurd,” Obama said, in a press conference marking the end of his first White House term.

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