Has the IMF ever commented on U.S. budgetary policy before?

[Brian Sweat]

As you are probably aware, the Internation Monitary Fund has warned the United States that it needs to implement a plan to curb its skyrocketing federal budget deficit. Has anything like this ever happened in the past?

[jiacinto]

1. Good Question

I usually thought the IMF used those press releases to embarass third world countries.

[indepat]

4. Surely our leaders will heed the warning of impending economic

chaos.

[el_gato]

2. How long before the U.S. gets burned

a la Argentina?

[charlie]

3. Ho ho

They'd better be careful about criticizing Chicken George. He might have a fit and get the Republican Congress to declare them irrelevant and defund their asses. It would be too funny to have Dubya, of all people, end the IMF scourge.