NEW YORK – The U.S. Treasury said on Monday it expects to pay down $26 billion in debt the second quarter, down from a January borrowing estimate of $66 billion, primarily because of an increase in receipts.
The second-quarter estimate assumes an end-of-June cash balance of $800 billion.
The Treasury has been paring back debt auction sizes since November after ramping up debt issuance in 2020 to pay for pandemic-related spending.
It expects to borrow $182 billion in privately held net marketable debt in the July to September quarter, assuming an end-of-September cash balance of $650 billion.
It said it issued $668 billion in net debt in the first quarter this year, ending the three-month period with a cash balance of $652 billion.
(Reporting by Davide Barbuscia in New York; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
