IMF alerts LatAm to possible 'fiscal cliff' in US
Updated: 2012-12-15 17:00
(Xinhua)
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SANTIAGO - International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde on Friday alerted Latin America to a potential US "fiscal cliff".
Lagarde issued the warning at the first meeting of finance ministers of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), held in Chile's coastal city of Vina del Mar city.
International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde shakes hands with Chile's Finance Minister Felipe Larrain, next to Mexico's Alicia Barcena (R), executive secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Luis Alberto Moreno (L), during the finance ministers meeting of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean states (CELAC) in Vina del Mar city, Dec 14, 2012. [Photo/Agencies] |
She warned that the US "fiscal cliff" poses a gave threat to Latin American economies.
The US government has formulated a plan to reduce fiscal expenditures and raise taxes on the wealthy in an effort to alleviate the consequences of its huge fiscal deficit.
If approved by Congress, the plan will be implemented in next January. Otherwise, a package of tax increases and government spending cuts will occur, plunging the country back into recession and harming the sluggish global economy.
The IMF chief also warned of the impact the eurozone debt crisis and volatile commodity prices might have on Latin America, which has so far been resilient to global turbulence.
The ministerial meeting is a prelude to the EU-CELAC Summit scheduled for January in Santiago.
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