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Treasury Announces Marketable Borrowing Estimates | U.S. Department of the Treasury

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Treasury Announces Marketable Borrowing Estimates
January 30, 2023

Sources and Uses Table
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury today announced its current estimates
of privately-held net marketable borrowing [1] for the January – March 2023 and April – June
2023 quarters.[2]
During the January – March 2023 quarter, Treasury expects to borrow $932 billion in
privately-held net marketable debt, assuming an end-of-March cash balance of $500
billion.[3] The borrowing estimate is $353 billion higher than announced in October 2022,
primarily due to the lower beginning-of-quarter cash balance ($253 billion), and
projections of lower receipts and higher outlays ($93 billion).
During the April – June 2023 quarter, Treasury expects to borrow $278 billion in privatelyheld net marketable debt, assuming an end-of-June cash balance of $550 billion.3

During the October – December 2022 quarter, Treasury borrowed $373 billion in privately-held
net marketable debt and ended the quarter with a cash balance of $447 billion. In October
2022, Treasury estimated borrowing of $550 billion and assumed an end-of-December cash
balance of $700 billion. The $177 billion di erence in privately-held net market borrowing
resulted primarily from the lower end-of-quarter cash balance, somewhat o set by lower net
fiscal flows.[4]
Additional financing details relating to Treasuryʼs Quarterly Refunding will be released at 8:30
a.m. on Wednesday, February 1, 2023.

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[1] Privately-held net marketable borrowing excludes rollovers (auction “add-ons”) of Treasury securities held in the Federal
Reserve System Open Market Account (SOMA) but includes financing required due to SOMA redemptions. Secondary market
purchases of Treasury securities by SOMA do not directly change net privately-held marketable borrowing but, all else equal, when
the securities mature and assuming the Federal Reserve does not redeem any maturing securities, would increase the amount of
cash raised for a given privately-held auction siz e by increasing the SOMA “add-on” amount.
[2] These borrowing estimates are based upon current law.
[3] The end-of-March and end-of-June cash balances assume enactment of a debt limit suspension or increase. Treasuryʼs cash
balance may be lower than assumed depending on several factors, including constraints related to the debt limit. If Treasuryʼs
cash balance for the end of either quarter is lower than assumed, and assuming no changes in the forecast of fiscal activity,
Treasury would expect that borrowing would be lower by the corresponding amount(s).

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