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post: US BOOSTS APRIL-JUNE BORROWING EST. TO $243B FROM $202B post: US Treasury Says April-June Borrowing Estimate Assumes End-June Cash Balance of $750 Billion US Treasury Expects to Borrow $847 Billion in July-September Quarter, Assuming End-September Cash Balance of $850 BillionTreasury Announces Marketable Borrowing Estimates The U.S. Department of the Treasury today announced its current estimates of privately-held net marketable borrowing[1] for the April – June 2024 and July – September 2024 quarters. During the April – June 2024 quarter, Treasury expects to borrow $243 billion in privately-held net marketable debt, assuming an end-of-June cash balance of $750 billion.[2] The borrowing estimate is $41 billion higher than announced in January 2024, largely due to lower cash receipts, partially offset by a higher beginning of quarter cash balance.[3] During the July – September 2024 quarter, Treasury expects to borrow $847 billion in privately-held net marketable debt, assuming an end-of-September cash balance of $850 billion. During the January – March 2024 quarter, Treasury borrowed $748 billion in privately-held net marketable debt and ended the quarter with a cash balance of $775 billion. In January 2024, Treasury estimated borrowing of $760 billion and assumed an end-of-March cash balance of $750 billion. Privately-held net marketable borrowing was $12 billion lower largely because higher cash receipts and lower outlays were partially offset by a $25 billion higher ending cash balance. Additional financing details relating to Treasury’s Quarterly Refunding will be released at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 1, 2024.
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The European Central Bank should be cautious about the signal that a second consecutive interest-rate cut in July would send to investors, Governing Council member Pierre Wunsch told Econostream in an interview. “Cutting again in July would be interpreted by markets to mean that we’re going to cut every meeting,” the Belgian central-bank chief was cited as ...
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