Federal Debt: Debt Management in a Period of Budget Surplus
AIMD-99-270
Published: Sep 29, 1999. Publicly Released: Sep 29, 1999.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the actions taken by the Department of the Treasury to manage the marketable debt held by the public during the recent period of unified budget surpluses.
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Budget surplusDebt held by publicDeficit reductionEconomic analysisPublic debtUnified budgetsUS Treasury securitiesSecuritiesBond marketDebt management