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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]
According to the Congressional Budget Office, the United States last had a budget surplus during fiscal year 2001, though the national debt still increased. [47] From fiscal years 2001 to 2009, spending increased by 6.5% of gross domestic product (from 18.2% to 24.7%) while taxes declined by 4.7% of GDP (from 19.5% to 14.8%).
Many of the debates surrounding the United States federal budget ... deficit in fiscal year 2020 would be $3.7 trillion (17.9% GDP), versus the January estimate of $1 ...
The federal government ran the third-largest budget deficit in U.S. history in the recently concluded fiscal year, which totaled $1.834 trillion in fiscal year 2024. The deficit in FY2024 was $139 ...
The estimate, which precedes the U.S. Treasury Department's year-end budget report later this month, shows a deficit up 11% from the $1.7 trillion fiscal 2023 gap but slightly lower than the $1.9 ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. government posted a $367 billion budget deficit for November, up 17% from a year earlier, as calendar adjustments for benefit payments boosted outlays by some $80 ...
English: United States gross federal annual deficit or surplus as percentage of receipts from 1901 to 2006. Vertical scale shows surplus or deficit as percentage of receipts (negative means deficit), horizontal scale shows years. Black bars above the 0% line indicate a surplus that year. Black bars below the 0% line indicate a deficit that year.
The US government’s debt has topped $34 trillion for the first time, just weeks ahead of deadlines for Congress to agree to new federal funding plans.