Treasury to cut borrowing, and more

last updated 8 January 2015

Treasury to cut borrowing

The U.S. Treasury has scaled back its borrowing plans, as banks repay their bailout funds at a better-than-expected pace. The Treasury said it planned to borrow $406 billion in the third quarter, $109 billion less

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