耶伦将于当地时间28日上午在美国国会参议院作证。她在另一份声明中警告称，如果国会未能批准新的资金或拨款法案，美国政府将于9月底关闭。在这种情况下，政府机构必须将数千名联邦雇员解雇并以有限的能力运作，直到资金恢复。Original title: us Treasury Secretary says Congress must resolve debt problems by October 18 Source: CCTV News client
On September 28, local time, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that Congress had less than three weeks to solve America's debt problem. If the debt problem cannot be solved by October 18, the United States will suffer a serious economic disaster as a result.
The debt problem will seriously damage business and consumer confidence, raise borrowing costs for taxpayers, and have a negative impact on the credit rating of the United States in the coming years, the letter said. Yellen stressed that if Congress does not act in a timely manner, it could also lead to serious chaos in financial markets, exacerbate economic volatility and erode investor confidence.
Yellen will testify in the U.S. Senate on the morning of the 28th local time. In a separate statement, she warned that the US government would shut down by the end of September if Congress failed to approve new funding or appropriation bills. In this case, government agencies must fire thousands of federal employees and operate with limited capacity until funding is restored.
The U.S. Treasury estimates that even if the Biden administration does not pass a new spending plan in 2021, members of Congress will still have to raise or suspend the debt ceiling in October. (CCTV reporter Liu Xiaoqian)
