Feb 10 (Reuters) - A default on U.S. government debt
triggered by political brinkmanship over federal borrowing
limits and the budget deficit would be dire, Philadelphia
Federal Reserve President Patrick Harker said on Friday in the
latest warning from a central banker over the debt ceiling.
"Imagine us as a nation, the leading nation in the world,
defaulting on our debt - that's hard to recover from," Harker
said at a Global Interdependence Center conference in La Jolla,
California. "And our competitors, our enemies, will cheer in the
streets."
(Reporting by Ann Saphir; Editing by Leslie Adler)
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