| 1 | The national treasury is depleted. | |
| 2 | So normally, you don't deal with Treasury Direct, you deal with a dealer. | |
| 3 | Lower fees for students from poor families would mean a smaller outlay for the exchequer. | |
| 4 | Those funds had been seized for the Mexican treasury by General Santa Anna, president of Mexico, in 1842. | |
| 5 | In addition, it could start to sell the huge volume of Treasury securities and other financial assets on its books, which would also place upward pressure on rates. |