Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned Congress that the country could hit the debt ceiling as soon as Jan. 14 in a letter ...

The Treasury Department on Friday said the government is beginning to run out of money to finance its debt obligations.

The notification to Congress is the clearest sign yet that the fight to avoid default will likely take place in the early ...

The debt ceiling is a politically valuable pressure point. But, careening from budgetary crisis to crisis, whether they are ...

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says her agency will need to start taking “extraordinary measures,” or special accounting ...

A key deadline for the government's borrowing limit is rapidly approaching, but lawmakers may not have to deal with it until ...

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Friday she expects the U.S. will officially run up against its borrowing limit in mid- to late-January, starting the clock on a major fiscal challenge facing ...

In a letter sent to congressional leaders on Friday, Yellen explained that the Treasury expects to reach the statutory debt ...

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said she expects the debt ceiling to be reached around the inauguration date for ...

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned Congress that the country could hit its debt ceiling as soon as Jan. 14 in a letter sent Friday. Yellen said in the letter that the debt ceiling could be ...

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in a letter sent to congressional ... intended to prevent the nation from hitting the debt ceiling as early as Jan. 14. "Treasury expects to hit the statutory ...