Biden Admin Plans to Borrow Another $1.2 Trillion Amid Debt Ceiling Standoff

Biden Admin Plans to Borrow Another $1.2 Trillion Amid Debt Ceiling Standoff
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen attends a bilateral meeting with China's Vice-Premier Liu He in Zurich on Jan. 18, 2023. Michael Buholzer/Keystone via AP
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury said on Monday that it expects to borrow $1.2 trillion over the first half of the year, broken down by $932 billion in the first quarter and $278 billion in the second quarter, the agency said.

In the last three months of 2022, the Treasury borrowed $373 billion and ended the quarter with a cash balance of $447 billion, after initially estimating in October that it would borrow $550 billion and have a cash balance $700 billion during that period.