Debt limit will be hit day after Trump’s inauguration

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.
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.
Yellen says Treasury will use ‘extraordinary measures’ on Jan. 21 to prevent hitting debt ceiling
In one of her last acts as U.S. Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen said her agency will start taking “extraordinary measures,” or special accounting maneuvers intended to prevent the nation from hitting the debt ceiling,
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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Yellen Warns ‘Extraordinary Measures’ Will Be Needed to Avoid Default
By Alan Rappeport Alan Rappeport has covered debt limit fights during the Trump and Biden administrations. Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen informed Congress on Friday that if lawmakers do ...
Yellen Says US to Take Extraordinary Steps to Avert Default (1)
Outgoing Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said her department will start taking special accounting maneuvers as of Jan. 21 to ...
U.S. Starts Maneuvers to Avoid Breaching Debt Limit, Putting Pressure on Congress
A Congressional Budget Office report shows debt closing in on a post-World War II high as a share of GDP.