Under that law, the limit on Treasury’s ability to issue debt to cover the nation’s bills returns on Jan. 2. But Yellen explained in her letter that Treasury has some extra leeway until ...

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

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said her department will soon need to take "extraordinary measures" to prevent the US from ...

The Treasury secretary urged Congress to protect the full faith and credit of the United States by raising the debt limit.

"Treasury expects to hit the statutory debt ceiling between January 14 and January 23," Yellen wrote in a letter addressed to ...

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said her department is likely to begin taking special accounting maneuvers sometime in ...

The nation’s debt ceiling was reinstated Thursday, giving congressional Republicans yet another divisive challenge to contend ...

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

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 ...

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 Friday she expects the U.S. will officially run up against its borrowing limit in mid- ...