Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said 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 14,

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

In a letter sent to congressional leaders on Friday, Yellen explained that the Treasury expects to reach the statutory debt ceiling between January 14 and January 23, 2025. Once this limit is reached, the department will deploy special accounting measures to avoid breaching the debt ceiling.