(Bloomberg) -- The Treasury Department is beginning the use of special measures to avoid a US payments default, after the federal debt limit was reached Thursday.Most Read from BloombergNew Zealand Prime Minister Ardern Announces Shock ResignationCrypto Firm Genesis Is Preparing to File for BankruptcyUsain Bolt Lost $12 Million in Savings to a ScamMicrosoft Cuts Include Game Divisions Behind Halo, StarfieldAmazon Kicks Off Round of Job Cuts Affecting 18,000 PeopleThe department is altering inves