# Rogoff Says Economic Shock Needed to Force US Deficit Reform

https://mins.news/en/video/35985

- Bloomberg Television, 2026-08-28 17:12 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbP92oB5UZo

> Kenneth Rogoff, a Harvard economics professor and former IMF chief economist, says the US deficit is unlikely to be tackled until a major crisis forces voters to act. He spoke with Bloomberg’s Tom Keene during the Federal Reserve’s annual conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

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