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  2. National debt of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The national debt was up to $80,885 per person as of 2020. [153] The national debt equated to $59,143 per person U.S. population, or $159,759 per member of the U.S. working taxpayers, back in March 2016. [154] In 2008, $242 billion was spent on interest payments servicing the debt, out of a total tax revenue of $2.5 trillion, or 9.6%. Including ...

  3. Expenditures in the United States federal budget - Wikipedia

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    This accrued interest is added to the Social Security Trust Fund and therefore the national debt each year and will be paid to Social Security recipients in the future. However, since it is a non-cash expense it is excluded from the budget deficit calculation. [60] U.S. spending per person from 1980 to 2011.

  4. America is now paying more in gross interest on its record ...

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    Intragovernmental debt accounts for about $6.8 trillion of the national debt, the CRFB reported in September when the debt crossed the $33 trillion mark. The much bigger piece of the debt is held ...

  5. The rising price of paying the national debt is a risk for ...

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    What fueled the increased cost of servicing the debt has been higher interest rates. In April 2020, when the government was borrowing trillions of dollars to address the pandemic, the yield on 10 ...

  6. How Much Money You’d Owe If the National Debt Was ... - AOL

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    For the first time in history, the U.S. national debt hit $33 trillion in September, per the U.S. Department of the Treasury. We add about $833 million in debt per hour, ...

  7. List of countries by government debt - Wikipedia

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    [1]: 81 A debt instrument is a financial claim that requires payment of interest and/or principal by the debtor to the creditor in the future. Examples include debt securities (such as bonds and bills), loans, and government employee pension obligations. [1]: 207 Net debt equals gross debt minus financial assets that are debt instruments.

  8. It was hard enough sustaining a debt that stood at 106% of GDP during WWII, when the country’s savings rate was 24%, but sustaining a much higher level of indebtedness with today’s 3% savings ...

  9. Political debates about the United States federal budget

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    It publishes a monthly "Debt position and activity report" which includes the debt held by the public, the intra-governmental debt, and national debt ("Total public debt outstanding"). As of December 31, 2016, these amounts were: Debt held by the public: $14.43 trillion. Intra-governmental debt: $5.54 trillion. National debt: $19.97 trillion. [50]