U.S. Treasury balances at Fed rose on Jan. 5

Tue Jan 6, 2009 9:00pm GMT
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 WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury
Department's daily budget statement for Jan. 5, released on
Tuesday, showed U.S. Treasury balances at the Federal Reserve
rose.
 It did not show any equity purchases under the Troubled
Asset Relief Program.
 Following are details on the Treasury's operating cash
balance (billions of dollars, except where noted):
                           Jan. 5       Jan. 2
  Fed acct                    63.174       57.303
  Supplementary financing*   224.416      224.416
  Financial institution acct     0.0          0.0
  Tax/loan note acct           1.947        2.043
  Cash balance               289.536      283.762
 National debt
 subject to limit      10,576.196   10,568.470
 The statutory debt limit is $11.315 trillion.
 The Treasury said it issued $9 million in individual
income tax refunds and $256 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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