The U.S. Treasury and Internal Revenue Service said they are extending some Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act reporting deadlines to help companies meet the requirements.

About 52 percent of U.S. mutual funds that focus on municipal debt hold Puerto Rico securities, and a crisis there could affect retirement portfolios in the U.S.

Social Securitys Disability Insurance trust fund will run out of reserves next year without congressional action, trustees said.

The budget deficit widened over the first six months of fiscal 2015 as spending on Social Security and health services increased.

Unusually slow growth in the programs spending, payment cuts under the PPACA and debt-reduction legislation have extended the life of the fund.

The Treasury secretary urged Congress to increase support for the unemployed, infrastructure such as roads and bridges, and simplifying the tax code.

Americans are holding multiple jobs to earn extra income in a still-erratic labor market, supplement wages that are essentially flat or seek to get paid for time they spend on hobbies or interests anyway.

House Republicans say they want concessions in exchange for raising the debt limit, though theyve been unable to agree on exactly what.