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GAO-01-317 Federal Debt: Debt Management Actions and Future Challenges
You asked us to provide an updated analysis and status report on the Department of the Treasury's debt management strategies and actions in a period of budget surplus. In addition to this analysis, we are completing work on your request that we review debt management experiences of selected nations that also have budget surpluses. We plan to issue a report on international experiences and lessons learned later in the year.
Since 1995, the statutory debt limit has been increased 12 times to its current level of $14.294 trillion. The Dept. of the Treasury (DoT) notified Congress that the current debt limit could be reached as early as April 5, 2011. Under current law debt subject to the limit will exceed $25 trillion in 2021. This report: (1) describes the actions that DoT traditionally takes to manage debt near the limit; (2) analyzes the effects that approaching the debt limit has had on the market for DoT securities; and (3) describes alternative mechanisms that would permit consideration of the link between policy decisions and the effect on debt when or before decisions are made. Charts and tables. This is a print on demand edition of an important, hard-to-find report.
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The 2008 financial market crisis and the economic recession led to a rapid and substantial increase in federal debt. This report describes current debt management challenges and examines the role of a program that could benefit Treasury ¿ Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS). The report analyzed market data and interviewed experts as well as the two largest holders of Treasury securities in each of six sectors. Includes recommendations. Charts, tables and graphs.
The 2008 financial market crisis and the economic recession led to a rapid and substantial increase in federal debt. This report, part of a line of work on debt management, was conducted under the Comptroller General's authority. It describes current debt management challenges and examines the role of a program that could benefit Treasury-Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS). GAO analyzed market data and interviewed experts as well as the two largest holders of Treasury securities in each of six sectors.