U.S. Treasury balances at Fed fell on Jan. 2
WASHINGTON, Jan 5 (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department's daily budget statement, released on Monday, showed U.S. Treasury balances at the Federal Reserve fell on Jan. 2.
It showed $4 billion had been spent under the Troubled Asset Relief Program. On Friday, the department had disbursed $4 billion in funds to Chrysler LLC.
The expenditure brings total disbursements under TARP to $250.54 billion.
Following are details on the Treasury's operating cash balance (billions of dollars, except where noted):
Jan. 2 Dec. 31 Fed acct 57.303 106.123 Supplementary financing* 224.416 259.325 Financial institution acct 0.0 0.0 Tax/loan note acct 2.043 1.199 Cash balance 283.762 366.648
National debt
subject to limit 10,568.470 10,640.274
The statutory debt limit is $11.315 trillion.
The Treasury said it issued $266 million in individual income tax refunds and $113 million in corporate income tax refunds.
* Supplementary financing program represents funds raised through cash management bills to bolster Federal Reserve's balance sheet and fund market stability initiatives. (Reporting by Nancy Waitz; Editing by Dan Grebler)
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