Hedge Fund Manager Wadhwani Says US Default Risk Worse Than 2011

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Sushil Wadhwani warns a deeply divided Congress may push the US to the brink of a default and credit downgrade before it resolves its standoff over the debt ceiling.

Wadhwani, a veteran hedge fund manager and advisor to UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt, says a market shock akin to 2011 — or worse — is needed to spur US lawmakers to action.