{"id":18628,"date":"2023-05-14T12:31:09","date_gmt":"2023-05-14T12:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nftandcrypto-news.com\/crypto\/significant-risk-of-us-treasury-running-out-of-funds-soon-report\/"},"modified":"2023-05-14T12:31:11","modified_gmt":"2023-05-14T12:31:11","slug":"significant-risk-of-us-treasury-running-out-of-funds-soon-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nftandcrypto-news.com\/crypto\/significant-risk-of-us-treasury-running-out-of-funds-soon-report\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Significant risk\u2019 of US Treasury running \u2018out of funds\u2019 soon: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The United States government faces a \u201csignificant risk\u201d of no longer meeting all of its financial obligations as early as June, as per a recent report.<\/p>\n
According to a May 12 report published by the U.S. Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the risk of the U.S. government defaulting on its debt in the near future stems from reaching its statutory debt limit of $31.4 trillion on Jan 19.<\/p>\n
The CBO predicts that if the debt limit remains unchanged, the U.S. government\u00a0could be in hot water\u00a0as early as June. It noted:<\/p>\n
\u201cCBO projects that if the debt limit remains unchanged, there is a significant risk that at some point in the first two weeks of June, the government will no longer be able to pay all of its obligations.\u201c<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The CBO predicts the federal budget deficit will be $1.5 trillion in 2023, which is $100 billion more than initially estimated in February.<\/p>\n