According to Mr. Bernanke, a temporary delay of raising the country’s borrowing limit would______.

The US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke says America’ s creditworthiness is at risk if the country’ s borrowing limit is not raised. He’ s urging Republican members of Congress to vote in favour of increasing it well before a deadline in August. Here’s Mark Gregory.
    The man in charge of American monetary policy says Republican moves to block a measure lifting the $ 4. 3tn ceiling on US government debt could have serious economic consequences. Mr Bernanke warned that even a temporary delay would cause severe disruption in financial markets, undermine the dollar’s role as the world’s main currency and seriously erode investors’ confidence that America will service its debts. The Federal Reserve chairman suggested the US could even lose its coveted AAA credit rating, the highest ranking of creditworthiness.