The Treasury Department said Thursday that the budget gap from October through June was nearly $1.4 trillion — a 170% increase from the same period a year earlier. The federal government operates under a fiscal year that begins October 1.
The shortfall adds to an already large federal debt — estimated at more than $32 trillion. Financing that debt is increasingly expensive as a result of rising interest rates. Interest payments over the last nine months reached $652 billion — 25% more than during a same period a year ago.
Saw lot of 42Day and 44Days CMB bills auctioning since passing the debt ceiling. I suppose the Treasury doesn't want to commit the highest rate in 5-10 years bonds, waiting for rate the decrease, but it inevitably pays more interests in short term.

