U.S. to Deploy ‘Extraordinary Measures’ to Avoid Default on Jan. 21
Janet L. Yellen, the outgoing Treasury secretary, urged lawmakers to raise the debt limit and protect the full faith and credit of the United States.
Yellen: Treasury starts "extraordinary measures" Jan. 21 to avoid debt limit
Treasury secretary Janet Yellen, in one of her final major acts in office, warned Congress late Friday that the Treasury will need to begin "extraordinary measures" on Tuesday to avoid hitting the debt limit.
Yellen says Treasury will use ‘extraordinary measures’ on Jan. 21 to prevent hitting debt ceiling
In one of her last acts as Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen says her agency will start taking “extraordinary measures,” or special accounting maneuvers intended to prevent the nation from hitting the debt ceiling,
Treasury to begin ‘extraordinary measures’ as US approaches debt cliff
The breach of the debt ceiling officially starts the clock on how long Trump and Congress will have to act to avoid a financially catastrophic default.
Treasury secretary says she’ll take 'extraordinary measures' day after Trump inauguration
Outgoing Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is announcing that she's planning to take "extraordinary measures" to save the U.S. economy beginning on January 21 — the day after President-elect Donald Trump will officially begin his second term in office.
US Treasury to take 'extraordinary measures' against potential govt. default
The US Treasury Department says it will take "extraordinary measures" from January 21, so that government debt will not exceed the limit set by law.
US will hit debt limit on Tuesday, Treasury's Yellen warns in letter. What happens next?
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, in a letter on Friday to congressional leaders, said the Treasury would begin using extraordinary measures Jan. 21.
US Treasury to launch measures to avoid debt limit breach on Tuesday
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that the government will reach its statutory borrowing limit on Tuesday and begin employing "extraordinary measures" to keep from breaching the cap and risking a potential catastrophic default.
US to take extraordinary steps to avert a default, Yellen says
Outgoing Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said her department will start taking special accounting maneuvers as of Jan. 21 to avoid breaching the US debt limit, and urged lawmakers again to take steps to increase or suspend the statutory ceiling.
Janet Yellen says Treasury will take 'extraordinary measures' to avoid hitting debt ceiling Jan 21
It is not clear how long Congress will have to secure a deal on funding or raising the debt ceiling again once the measures are taken, but in the past it has helped stall the default for several month
Yellen says Treasury will take 'extraordinary measures' to avoid default
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is warning that the government will reach its debt limit on Tuesday and will need to take “extraordinary measures” to avoid risking a potentially catastrophic default.
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