Monday, June 4, 2007

Treasury aide says U.S. might hit debt limit in '07

(Reuters) - "It's going to happen in the fall," Matthew Abbott, deputy assistant secretary for Federal finance at Treasury, told Reuters after a speech to a meeting of Illinois pension fund managers.




The fiscal year ends on September 30, so the possible need to ask Congress to raise the debt limit from the current $8.965 billion "will be right on the cusp," Abbott said.


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