U.S. Hits Debt Limit After Ceiling Raises Delayed
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The House passed a $690 billion increase in the debt ceiling in a 2005 budget resolution, but it was never adopted by the Senate, leading to delayed contributions to federal employees' pension systems.
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The government should hit the national debt&#39;s $7.4 trillion ceiling this month, and the Bush administration told Congress again Monday it should raise the limit.
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U.S. Treasury debt prices slid on  Tuesday, boosting short-term yields above two-year peaks after  the Federal Reserve all but promised to raise interest rates  further in minutes from its last meeting in December.
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Treasury debt prices climbed on Monday  as investors bet oil prices near record highs might dent U.S.  consumption and force the Federal Reserve to slow the pace of  interest rate hikes.
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The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday voted to increase the federal credit limit by &#36;800 billion to &#36;8.184 trillion, a move that will allow the measure to be sent to President Bush for signing into law.
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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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WASHINGTON -- The federal deficit surged to a record $413 billion in 2004, the Treasury Department announced Thursday, injecting the figure into a presidential campaign in which the two parties have clashed over President George W. Bush&#39;s management of
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The Senate neared approval of an &#36;800 billion increase in the nation's debt limit on Wednesday, a major boost in federal borrowing that Sen. John Kerry and other Democrats blamed on the fiscal policies of President Bush.
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U.S. Treasury debt prices rose on Wednesday, building on the previous two sessions' gains as doubts about the economic outlook and how much the Federal Reserve will be able to raise interest rates persisted.
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U.S. Treasury debt prices climbed on  Tuesday, sending benchmark 10-year yields to their lowest  levels in nearly four weeks, on buying tied to stock weakness  and news of deadly train blasts in Mumbai, India.
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U.S. Treasury debt prices slid on  Tuesday, boosting short-term yields above two-year peaks after  the Federal Reserve all but promised to raise interest rates  further in minutes from its December meeting.
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U.S. government debt prices edged  lower on Friday as job growth in December was seen as  sufficiently strong to allow Federal Reserve officials to keep  raising interest rates.
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Creditors put more pressure on debt-soaked borrowers.
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The U.S. current account deficit widened slightly to a record &#36;164.71 billion in the third quarter as the goods trade shortfall grew and the services surplus shrank, the government said on Thursday.
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Fallout from a crisis in the U.S. subprime mortgage market rattled the auto sector on Tuesday after the debt package for a General Motors asset sale was postponed and borrowing costs on automakers' debt surged.
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U.S. Treasury debt prices rose on Thursday after a survey of Chicago-area manufacturers showed slower factory growth and signs that hiring remains subdued, boding poorly for next week's employment report.
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A decade of low-interest lending allowed U.S. consumers to run up debt. But with rates rising, they can no longer count on borrowing their way out of trouble