IMF warns the US over high poverty

``The fund said about one in seven people were living in poverty and that it needed to be tackled urgently. It recommended raising the minimum wage and offering paid maternity leave to women to encourage them to work. The report also cut the country's growth forecast for 2016 to 2.2% from a previous prediction of 2.4%.'' -- These are ridiculously off-target "reforms" for a poverty driven by monetary disorder (with the Fed at the helm). Of course, we can't expect the IMF to point the finger at that...