Treasury announces record borrowing of $2.99 trillion

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 29: The U.S. Treasury Building as seen from the Bank of America offices where Politico is holding the inaugural 'Lessons from Leaders' program September 29, 2014 in Washington, DC. Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft and co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, talked about how his foundation's work to erradicate polio in Nigeria has been helpful in starting to combat the Ebola epidemic in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, which is the largest outbreak ever recorded. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)