International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde talks about the upcoming IMF and World Bank meetings at the Jack Morton Auditorium at George Washington University in Washington, October 3, 2013. Failure to raise the U.S. debt ceiling could damage not only the United States but the rest of the global economy, Lagarde said on Thursday. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS)