BlackRock Delivers Stark Warning on US Debt Default: New Economy

April 20, 2023, 3:46 PM UTC

A US debt default would threaten “a basic anchor” of the global financial system and “must not happen,” BlackRock Inc. Vice Chairman Philipp Hildebrandwarned Thursday at the Bloomberg New Economy Gateway Europe forum.

“All we can do is to pray that everyone in the United States understands how important the sanctity of the sovereign signature of the leading currency, of the leading bond market, of the leading economy in the world is,” Hildebrand, a former president of the Swiss central bank, said during an on-stage interview. “This is not something you want to mess with.”

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