Tyson delivers punchy warning

The US spends and the rest of the world lends. But the US is spending too much, and if Asian central banks don't keep lending, this year could bring unprecedented risk for bond investors. That was the message from Laura D'Andrea Tyson, former chairman of US president Bill Clinton's Council of Economic Advisors, in her keynote address to the 10th Euromoney Bond Investors Congress in London on February 24.

Tyson: Greenspan was too sanguine

The US spends and the rest of the world lends. But the US is spending too much, and if Asian central banks don’t keep lending, this year could bring unprecedented risk for bond investors. That was the message from Laura D’Andrea Tyson, former chairman of US president Bill Clinton’s Council of Economic Advisors, in her keynote address to the 10th Euromoney Bond Investors Congress in London on February 24.

Tyson argues that the US government’s fiscal policy has enhanced the risks to the global economy.

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