Rodrigo Valdés
Chilean economist and politician
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Higher borrowing costs are adding to fiscal pressures at a time of high debt, making credible consolidation more urgent,
- wrote Rodrigo Valdes, chief of the IMF’s fiscal affairs department, and deputy head Era Dabla-NorrisSouth China Morning Postscmp.com/business/banking…
Fiscal risks are rising, and a proper reaction is largely absent in many countries,
- said Rodrigo Valdes, director of the IMF's Fiscal Affairs DepartmentThe Independentindependent.co.uk/news/imf…
We don’t have oil. We don’t have energy. Energy needs to be more expensive for everybody, so that the adjustment happens and we consume less,
You can pass through (higher energy prices) and then you can do other things to help,
- Valdes saidReutersreuters.com/business/energy…
We don't have oil. We don't have energy. Energy needs to be more expensive for everybody, so that the adjustment happens and we consume less,
- Valdes told Reuters in an interviewReutersreuters.com/business/energy…
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