Treasury Moves to Avoid Piercing Debt Limit
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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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Plan carefully so the windfall can grow instead of shrink.
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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.
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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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Here's a way to make sure inflation doesn't eat into your fixed-income investments.
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U.S. Treasury debt prices moved lower  on Wednesday, with traders chalking up the move to year-end  position-squaring and some concern about potential inflationary  pressures on interest rate policy.
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U.S. Treasury debt rallied on Friday  as a weak employment report revived talk the Federal Reserve  might slow the pace of interest rate increases.
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China is planning to extend official policies clamping down on credit into 2005, to try to keep the economy from boiling over.
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U.S. Treasury prices moved narrowly  higher on Wednesday as an earlier bout of profit-taking turned  into a chance to buy securities, traders said.
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The Bank of England eased restrictions on how much cash banks can borrow to manage daily cash flow, allowing greater flexibility as the banks grapple with the credit crisis.
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U.S. Treasuries prices rushed higher on  Friday after the monthly payrolls report fell short of Wall  Street forecasts and reduced the risk that the Federal Reserve  might have to be more aggressive in raising interest rates.
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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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Strategies to limit tax bills for Americans living overseas.
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Aggressive moves to cut interest rates by America's central bank are intended to stave off a financial meltdown.
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Interest rates on short-term Treasury securities were mixed in yesterday's auction. The Treasury Department sold $19 billion in three-month bills at a discount rate of 2.28 percent, up from 2.23 percent last week. An additional $17 billion was sold in six-month bills at a rate of 2.560 percent, unchanged from last week's auction.
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U.S. Treasury debt made moderate gains on Tuesday after a key reading of U.S. inflation proved softer than expected, a relief to investors in fixed-income debt.
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At a time when the nation's savings rate is abysmal, the Treasury Department's Bureau of the Public Debt has decided to lower the annual amount of U.S. savings bonds that an individual can purchase in paper and electronic form.