Davos 2023: Goldman Sachs CEO concerned about debt ceiling

DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – Goldman Sachs Group Inc.s Chief Executive David Solomon expressed serious concern on Thursday that a political standoff over the U.S. debt ceiling could lead to a fiscal crisis.

瑞士达沃斯（路透社）——高盛集团首席执行官大卫所罗门周四表示严重关切美国债务上限的政治僵局可能导致财政危机。

“This is something that we should take very seriously, because the consequence of getting it wrong will be real,” Solomon told Reuters in an interview.

所罗门在接受路透社采访时表示：“这是我们应该非常认真对待的事情，因为错误的后果将是真实的。”

“I‘m concerned and I’m going to take any opportunity that I can, and we can as a firm, to engage with people in Washington to try to make sure they understand that we dont think that this is something that should be played with.”

“我很担心，我会抓住任何机会，作为一家公司，我们可以与华盛顿的人们接触，试图确保他们明白我们不认为这是应该玩的东西和。”

Solomon echoed other CEOs in Davos who expressed worries about the U.S. potentially defaulting on its debt because of a political stand-off between the Republican-controlled House of Representatives and President Joe Bidens Democrats.

所罗门呼应达沃斯的其他首席执行官，他们表达了对美国可能出现债务违约的担忧，因为共和党控制的众议院与总统拜登的民主党人之间存在政治僵局。

“I don‘t want to test it, it won’t be good. So lets not go there,” he said.

“我不想测试它，它不会很好。所以我们不要去那里，”他说。

Solomon spoke just as the U.S. government hit its $31.4 trillion borrowing limit on Thursday.

所罗门发表讲话之际，美国政府周四达到了 31.4 万亿美元的借贷上限。

A stand-off in Washington over raising the debt ceiling has business leaders from Wall Street to Davos worried that this could be as disruptive as the protracted battle of 2011.

华盛顿在提高债务上限问题上的僵局让从华尔街到达沃斯的商界领袖担心这可能会像 2011 年的旷日持久的战斗一样具有破坏性。

That stand-off prompted a downgrade of the U.S. credit rating and years of forced domestic and military spending cuts.

这种僵局导致美国信用评级下调，以及多年被迫削减国内和军事开支。