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US will hit debt ceiling next week, Yellen says in announcing ‘extraordinary measures’

By Zach Halaschak
Published January 13, 2023 5:36pm ET
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US will hit debt ceiling next week, Yellen says in announcing ‘extraordinary measures’
The United States will hit the federal debt limit next week, and the Treasury will begin taking action to keep the government from defaulting on its debt, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen announced. Federal debt is projected to reach the statutory limit next Thursday. In a letter to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Yellen said that the […]

The United States will hit the federal debt limit next week, and the Treasury will begin taking action to keep the government from defaulting on its debt, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen announced.

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