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January 31, 2005
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Treasury Announces Market Financing Estimates

The Treasury Department announced today that it expects net borrowing of marketable debt to total $147 billion in the January – March 2005 quarter.  The estimated cash balance on March 31 is $10 billion.  Today's estimate is unchanged from Treasury's announcement on November 1, 2004.

Treasury also announced that it expects net borrowing of marketable debt to total $12 billion in the April – June 2005 quarter.  The estimated cash balance on June 30 is $15 billion.

During the October – December 2004 quarter, Treasury's net borrowing of marketable debt totaled $98 billion and the cash balance on December 31 was $25 billion.  On November 1, Treasury announced that it expected net borrowing of marketable debt to total $100 billion with an estimated end-of-quarter cash balance of $25 billion.

Additional financing details relating to Treasury's Quarterly Refunding will be released at 9:00 A.M. on Wednesday, February 2.

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