The Federal Government Will Soon Run Up Against its Self-Imposed Borrowing Cap Once Again
Federal #DebtCeiling Reached as Federal Spending Rages #moneymetals https://t.co/aJjhx1FenM pic.twitter.com/FW34rhuOPN
— Money Metals (@MoneyMetals) July 16, 2019
Federal Debt Ceiling Reached as Federal Spending Rages
Current estimates are for the government to max out its credit limit at a little over $22 trillion in early September. Congress goes on recess in August, so there is some pressure to address the cap right now.
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin has been fulfilling what seems to be the most sacred responsibility of his position: borrowing money. It’s one that each of his predecessors has also undertaken, without fail and without regard to party affiliation, in recent decades.
He is solemnly arguing why it would be wholly irresponsible for Congress not to approve another massive increase in what the Treasury can borrow.
