US Ramps Up Quarterly Borrowing to $1 Trillion in Cash Rebuild

The US Treasury building in Washington, DC.

Photographer: Ting Shen/Bloomberg

The US Treasury jacked up its estimate for federal borrowing for the current quarter to $1 trillion, mainly due to distortions from the debt limit.

The Treasury Department said in a statement Monday that it now estimates $1.01 trillion in net borrowing for July through September, up from the $554 billion it had penciled in back in April.