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Friday Treasury Cash Balance: $65 Billion

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With total Treasury cash dropping by $15 billion on Thursday, many were expecting a far uglier print as of the close of last week. Instead, total cash in the Federal Reserve Account staged a dramatic bounce on Friday, and is now back to $65 billion, following tax revenues offsetting contractual spending and another $13.7 billion coming in from the settlement of public debt issues. From here on out it is only downhill, and the cash is likely about $20 billion lower as of market close today (we will know for sure tomorrow). If the burn rate is smaller it means that Tim Geithner is dipping far more aggressively in Government retirement and Social Security trust funds than anyone could have imagined (Bruce Krasting discussed this previously). And yes, for those with a double digit IQ, the Treasury has less cash than Apple still.

 

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Mon, 08/01/2011 - 16:16 | 1514236 Sudden Debt
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It may have less cash than Apple...

BUT IT HAS A LOT MORE EMPLOYEES!

 maybe if the government would replace them by 500.000 robots.... but can robots put stamps on paper and lick enveloppes...

can robots act like they are working 2 hours a day...

 

Mon, 08/01/2011 - 16:18 | 1514258 Cast Iron Skillet
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Robots would only lick the envelopes if they had white powder in them

Mon, 08/01/2011 - 16:20 | 1514265 Sudden Debt
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you don't lick the white powder! Every government employee can tell you that!

You take a 50 dollar bill, roll it, and use it to sniff up the white powder.

Mon, 08/01/2011 - 17:19 | 1514416 Fish Gone Bad
Mon, 08/01/2011 - 16:30 | 1514237 bigdumbnugly
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"And yes, for those with a double digit IQ, the Treasury has less cash than Apple still."

i guess i will just have to take your word for it.

Mon, 08/01/2011 - 16:38 | 1514320 Sam Clemons
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The Treasury has less cash than me.

Mon, 08/01/2011 - 16:39 | 1514323 YesWeKahn
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Someone has to artificially reduce the interest rates to reduce the interest payment. Is it happening right now? The FED?

Mon, 08/01/2011 - 18:01 | 1514562 mailll
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Perhaps some of the 16.1 Trillion dollars the Fed loaned out during the past 2 years or so to their banking buddies in the US and Europe is somehow finding its way back into the bond market (and also into the stock market) to keep the interest rates artificially low (and the stock market artificially high).  Just until sometime after they raise the debt limit, of course.  What happens after that? We'll have to wait and see.  We might all have a rude awakening.

Mon, 08/01/2011 - 16:53 | 1514351 SheepDog-One
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A coup has just taken place, 'Uber COngress' which shall cut $2 trillion by fall....thats AUSTERITY MEASURES....hell Tyler even a double digit IQ guy like me can clearly see it.

?LaRouchePAC Stop Obama's Hitler Coup August 1, 2011?‏ - YouTube

A SECRET congress was just put in place by this communist agent Obama, and all anyone is worried about is if their 100 P/E stock will go up? Insane. This is a destroyed country.

Mon, 08/01/2011 - 17:21 | 1514457 Rodent Freikorps
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How does one have loyalty to a government that ensures MedicAid for illegals, but tells soldier in a war zone they only might get paid?

This shit has gone looney tunes.

Mon, 08/01/2011 - 16:52 | 1514352 RobotTrader
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Hardly a crisis when bond prices are skyrocketing.

Probably will be an acute shortage and buying frenzy once we default because the existing bonds will suddenly be in hot demand.

Imagine what would happen if AAPL suddenly stopped making iPads....There would be an instant run on existing stock.

Same could happen to 5-yr. and 10-yr. Uncle Gorilla Notes

LOL....

Mon, 08/01/2011 - 16:54 | 1514359 SheepDog-One
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Like this fool RoboTrader, doesnt care about anything except 100 P/E stocks and bond prices. He's the reason this country is destroyed totaly.

Mon, 08/01/2011 - 16:59 | 1514376 Vic Vinegar
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This dang debt crisis really has people at their wit's end.

It looked like Sheep and Robot were going to start riding bikes together just a few weeks ago...now we get "he's the reason this country is destroyed totaly".  Ouch.

Mon, 08/01/2011 - 17:24 | 1514469 Rodent Freikorps
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How do you differentiate between different grades of manure?

Is there a cheat sheet somewhere?

Mon, 08/01/2011 - 16:52 | 1514354 Cdad
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Downgrade them!  What are the ratings agencies waiting for?  It is so obvious that we are not AAA.

Mon, 08/01/2011 - 16:59 | 1514365 SheepDog-One
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Like the British CIA/MI6 agents who run the S&P are there to tell actual ratings truthiness? 

WOW people are going to be mad when they find the $2 trillion in 'cost cutting' came from their social security, their pensions, their 401K's. This is stealth austerity and no one even has the slightest clue! Theyre all just worried about what futures do overnite.

?LaRouchePAC Stop Obama's Hitler Coup August 1, 2011?‏ - YouTube

Mon, 08/01/2011 - 16:57 | 1514370 Piranhanoia
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American History after 2012 for $50,000,000,000.00 please Alex?

Mon, 08/01/2011 - 17:10 | 1514414 RobotTrader
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Japan's debt is rated AA yet their bonds are trading at a 1.6% yield.

I suppose that is what is coming next for the U.S., starting tomorrow.

That's going to leave a lot of "experts" slackjawed.

Mon, 08/01/2011 - 17:54 | 1514542 mailll
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Of course you are assuming that they will raise the debt limit today.

Mon, 08/01/2011 - 18:02 | 1514564 magpie
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hm 2.74 % + 0,25 % ?

Mon, 08/01/2011 - 18:36 | 1514664 spanish inquisition
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Assuming the vote goes forward. Debt reduction $2.5T and an increase of debt ceiling of $2.5t equals $5T of crack on the table. Looks like the party continues....

Mon, 08/01/2011 - 19:00 | 1514728 Rainman
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I'll bet the CBO still counts the 70 billion fiatscos in guaranteed student debt as money good ! Full recourse bitchez...involuntary servitude for life !

Mon, 08/01/2011 - 22:12 | 1515416 davepowers
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wonder what happened with bank reserves at the Fed on Friday?

Tue, 08/02/2011 - 02:10 | 1515877 Peter K
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Funny that ;)

Wed, 09/14/2011 - 04:22 | 1667254 chinawholesaler
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