U.S. Treasury balances at Fed fell on Jan. 2

Mon Jan 5, 2009 9:00pm GMT
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 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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