Not so Fast with U.S. Debt Limit Rise

The U.S. may be able to delay a debt-limit increase until as late as June 2014, the Congressional Budget Office said today.  Under an agreement reached last month, Congress suspended the debt limit through Feb. 7, 2014. After that, the Treasury Department will be able to use so-called extraordinary measures to stave off default, such as suspending investments of a retirement fund.

Income tax receipts increasing around the April 15 tax-filing deadline may provide enough revenue to meet scheduled payments as late as June, the CBO said.

“Given the volume of the government’s daily cash flows and the uncertainty about the magnitude of key transactions during those months, the Treasury could exhaust its extraordinary measures and authority to borrow as early as March or as late as May or June,” the CBO report said today.

Bloomberg

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