The U.S. government could run out of resources to meet the nation’s obligations as soon as Dec. 15, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Tuesday, renewing questions about how Democrats and Republicans in Congress will resolve a standoff about raising or suspending the federal borrowing limit.
Ms. Yellen provided the fresh estimate of when the federal government might no longer be able to pay all of its bills in a letter to Capitol Hill leaders. She had previously said that a debt-limit increase
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