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The US hit its debt limit on Thursday, prompting the Treasury Department to take “extraordinary measures” to continue financing the federal government.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen announced in a letter to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy that her department would put the temporary brakes on new investments in a few government retirement funds, from Thursday until June 5.
Those include the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund and a couple of others, Xinhua news agency reported.
