Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says her agency will need to start taking “extraordinary measures,” or special accounting maneuvers intended to prevent the nation from hitting the debt ceiling, as early as January 14th,

Unless Congress acts in the next couple of weeks, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has warned, the government will run into its debt limit—which could force "extraordinary measures" to avert defaulting on its debt.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned Congress that the country could hit the debt ceiling as soon as Jan. 14 in a letter sent Friday.