Afraid Quote by Li Keqiang

Time is running out fast. I think we have maybe a few months -- it could be weeks, it could be days -- before…

— Willem Buiter

We're not going to default. We just won't default. I mean, there are ways of not defaulting even if you don't raise the debt…

— Eric Bolling

I certainly don't want our nation to go into default, but at the same time, I'm very concerned about our ongoing debt problem.

— Randy Hultgren

Defaulting on the nation's debt would be cataclysmic. The U.S. Treasury's Aaa rating is the one constant in the world's financial system. When times…

— Mark Zandi

Morality aside, there are other factors deterring 'strategic defaults,' whether in recourse or nonrecourse states. These include the economic and emotional costs of giving…

— Richard Thaler

The full consequences of a default or even the serious prospect of default by the United States are impossible to predict and awesome to…

— Ronald Reagan

A default on our debts as a result of not meeting our obligations would be a disaster for the stock market, and Americans would…

— Charles B. Rangel

If investors avoid the Treasury market, we could be unable to pay off maturing securities, which would mean an immediate default. Market participants generally…

— Jerome Powell

A default of the US government would not only be very harmful here, it would probably send the country back into deep recession, but…

— Noam Chomsky

There is absolutely no way that the U.S. will ever default on its debt. We are not going to do that.

— Mick Mulvaney

A good default, like Portugal or Greece, would be very good for the private equity business.

— David Bonderman

Not raising the debt ceiling does not trigger a default, because we've got enough money to service our debts. Default is when you can't…

— Ted Yoho