Former head of the International Monetary Fund and soon to be President of the European Central Bank Christine Lagarde spoke in an interview Sunday evening US time

Earlier comments here:

The interview is here, its not working for me but you may have some luck.

Summary here at MarketWatch for the gist of it:

  • "If you shave off, you know, almost a percentage point of growth that means less investment, less jobs, more unemployment, reduced growth. So of course it has an impact," urged policymakers to "please sit down like big men" and make a deal

Haircut, shave … OK...