WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that the government ... Retiree Health Benefits Fund. Once the debt limit is increased or suspended, the funds are required ...

The nation will hit its roughly $36 trillion debt limit on Tuesday, when the Treasury Department will start taking extraordinary measures to allow the government to pay its bills, outgoing Treasury ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called on Congress Friday to raise the nation’s debt ceiling by mid-July to keep the federal government from defaulting on its more than $36 trillion debt. In a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is on track to run out of money to pay its bills as early as August without congressional action, ...

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned Congress on Friday that ... Why it matters: President-elect Trump has voiced support to abolish the debt limit despite some of his supporters historically ...

The debt downgrade does nothing to impair the reserve currency status of the U.S. dollar. Given the massive short position on ...