US Treasury to launch measures to avoid debt limit breach

Yellen: Treasury starts "extraordinary measures" Jan. 21 to avoid debt limit
Treasury secretary Janet Yellen, in one of her final major acts in office, warned Congress late Friday that the Treasury will need to begin "extraordinary measures" on Tuesday to avoid hitting the debt limit.
US will hit debt limit on Tuesday, Treasury's Yellen warns in letter. What happens next?
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, in a letter on Friday to congressional leaders, said the Treasury would begin using extraordinary measures Jan. 21.
US Treasury to launch measures to avoid debt limit breach on Tuesday
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that the government will reach its statutory borrowing limit on Tuesday and begin employing "extraordinary measures" to keep from breaching the cap and risking a potential catastrophic default.
Yellen Warns America’s $36 Trillion Debt Ceiling Is Close
Janet Yellen, US treasury secretary, wrote in a letter to congressional leaders Friday that she was advising them “of the extraordinary measures that Treasury will begin using” to avoid breaching the debt limit.
Janet Yellen drops bomb on way out that US will hit debt limit ONE day after Trump takes office
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's parting gift to Pres.-elect Donald Trump announced debt limit reached his first full day back in office.
Feds will hit debt ceiling day after Trump’s inauguration, forcing ‘extraordinary measures’: Treasury Secretary
This letter serves to notify you, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 8348(l)(2), of the extraordinary measures that Treasury will begin using on January 21,” Yellen wrote in a letter to the leaders of the
US may hit new debt limit as early as Jan 14, Yellen says
The U.S. Treasury Department may need to take "extraordinary measures" by as early as Jan. 14 to prevent the United States from defaulting on its debt, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told lawmakers in a letter on Friday.
Treasury to begin ‘extraordinary measures’ as US approaches debt cliff
The breach of the debt ceiling officially starts the clock on how long Trump and Congress will have to act to avoid a financially catastrophic default.
Janet Yellen says Treasury will take 'extraordinary measures' to avoid hitting debt ceiling Jan 21
It is not clear how long Congress will have to secure a deal on funding or raising the debt ceiling again once the measures are taken, but in the past it has helped stall the default for several month
Yellen: Debt limit will be hit day after Trump’s inauguration
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Friday the nation will hit its debt ceiling the day after President Trump is inaugurated and that the agency will begin “extraordinary measures” to stave off the threat of a national default.
Federal government to hit $36T debt limit on Tuesday
President-elect Donald Trump will take charge of a federal government that will reach its self-imposed debt limit of $36 ...
US to Take Extraordinary Steps to Avert a Default, Yellen Says
Outgoing Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said her department will start taking special accounting maneuvers as of Jan. 21 to ...
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Federal government nears debt-ceiling limit, Yellen warns
The U.S. government has less than three weeks to raise its debt limit before it will need to take “extraordinary measures” to sustain federal operations, Treasury Secretary Janet L.
US to hit debt ceiling Tuesday, starting Congress’ countdown clock
The nation will hit its roughly $36 trillion debt limit on Tuesday, when the Treasury Department will start taking ...