Christine Lagarde speaks during a press conference at IMF Headquarters during the annual World Bank - International Monetary Fund (IMF) meetings in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 10, 2013.
Managing director of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde (Time 100, ’09 &’10) urged the United States to reopen the government and raise the debt ceiling. Failure to do so, she cautioned, could have major disruptive effects on the global economy.
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