UPDATE 1-US Treasury acts to avoid piercing debt limit
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The US Treasury Department suspended investments in a federal employee pension fund on Thursday to keep the government below its borrowing limit, Treasury Secretary John Snow said in a letter to Congress.
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WASHINGTON  - President Bush on Friday signed intolaw a measure authorizing an $800 billion increase in thecredit limit of the United States, the White House said.
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With the U.S. government fast approaching its current $8.965 trillion credit limit, the Senate on Thursday gave final congressional approval of an $850 billion increase in U.S. borrowing authority.
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The US Treasury Department will hit its legally authorized ceiling for borrowing early this month and will urge Congress to raise it, a Treasury spokesman said on Monday.
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U.S. Treasury debt took a nosedive on  Monday as the breaking of key technical levels added momentum  to an early burst of speculative selling.
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The U.S. Treasury Department tapped into a federal employee pension fund Thursday as a stop-gap measure to keep the government below its $7.384 trillion borrowing limit, Treasury Secretary John Snow said in a letter to Congress.
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Treasury debt prices eased on Friday as a startling jump in US retail sales sparked concerns the Federal Reserve would continue to raise interest rates steadily into next year.
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The Treasury secretary said that turmoil in the worldâs financial markets could continue for some time, but he cautioned against hasty introduction of new regulations.
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Short-dated U.S. Treasuries were under  modest pressure on Tuesday as traders, uneasy about the health  of foreign demand, cheapened prices into a $22 billion auction  of new three-year government debt.
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The US Senate voted to raise the debt ceiling by 800 billion dollars to nearly 8.2 trillion dollars, allowing the US government to avoid the unwelcome prospect of running short of operating funds.
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In a letter to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., Snow called on Congress &quot;to increase the debt limit by mid-November, at which time all of our previously used prudent and legal actions to avoid breaching the statutory debt limit will be exhausted
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Interest rates on short-term Treasury securities rose in yesterday's auction. The Treasury Department sold $19 billion in three-month bills at a discount rate of 2.155 percent, up from 2.075 percent last week. An additional $17 billion was sold in six-month bills at a rate of 2.365 percent, up from 2.280 percent.
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry  Paulson on Wednesday said he expects the federal government to  reach its $8.965 trillion statutory debt limit on October 1.
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0513 GMT - US Treasuries extend light losses in Asia, after breaking of key technical levels triggered waves of speculative selling in previous US session.
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U.S. Treasury debt prices slipped  slightly on Wednesday ahead of the Treasury's auction of $24.0  billion in two-year notes.
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The House has backed an $800 billion increase in the limit on federal debt, raising the allowable level of public borrowing to nearly $8.2 trillion.
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WASHINGTON -- Interest rates on short-term Treasury securities rose in yesterday's auction. The Treasury Department sold $21 billion in three-month bills at a discount rate of 1.86 percent, up from 1.77 percent last week.