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The United States has the largest external debt in the world. The total number of U.S. Treasury securities held by foreign entities in December 2021 was $7.7 trillion, up from $7.1 trillion in December 2020. [8] Total US federal government debt breached the $30 trillion mark for the first time in history in February 2022. [9]
Data published by the Treasury Department showed that “total public debt outstanding” rose to $34.001 trillion on December 29. That figure, also known as the national debt, is the total amount ...
The total public debt outstanding is now just over $31.1 trillion, according to data from the Treasury Department. Debt held by the public, which excludes intragovernmental borrowing, stands at ...
In June 2023 approximately $25 trillion of outstanding Treasury securities, representing 76% of the public debt, belonged to domestic holders. Of this amount $6.9 trillion or 21% of the debt was held by agencies of the federal government itself.
The federal government's gross national debt has surpassed $34 trillion, a record high that foreshadows the coming political and economic challenges to improve America's balance sheet in the ...
Foreign holdings of US assets are concentrated in debt. Americans own more foreign equity and foreign direct investment than foreigners own in the United States, but foreigners hold nearly four times as much US debt as Americans hold in foreign debt. Of all US debt, 15.2% is owed to foreigners. [13]
The debt level is projected to dip by $54 billion that day due to the scheduled redemption of certain securities, according to a letter Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen sent to congressional ...
Articles relating to the national debt of the United States, the total national debt owed by the federal government of the United States to Treasury security holders. The national debt at any point in time is the face value of the then outstanding Treasury securities that have been issued by the Treasury and other federal government agencies.