Federal Reserve, Global financial crisis, Gold, Jim Rickards, Politics, Silver Jim Rickards – U.S. Treasury’s Extraordinary Measures by click4silver • September 17, 2013 • 0 Comments As Congress prepares itself for a big debate on raising the debt ceiling, there’s one thing to keep in mind — the US already hit its borrowing limit on May 19th of this year. The US Treasury is legally only allowed to rack up $16.7 trillion in debt, but it has finagled a way to legally spend an additional $260 billion, using what it calls “extraordinary measures.” Related posts: FABER: There Are No Safe Havens For Investors – Gold “getting into buying range” Gold and Silver Driven by US Debt Limit as 3-Week Countdown Begins Jim Rickards On Bernanke And The Fed Jim Rickards: “When The International Monetary System Collapses—It’s Going To Be About How Much Gold You Have” (Audio) Jim Rickards – The Outcome Of Currency Wars Will Be Inflation James Rickards: QE Will Go Down as ‘One of the Greatest Economic Blunders in History’