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2. National debt of the United States - Wikipedia

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   The federal debt at the end of the 2018/19 fiscal year (ended September 30, 2019) was $22.7 trillion (~$27.1 trillion in 2023). The portion that is held by the public was $16.8 trillion. Neither figure includes approximately $2.5 trillion owed to the government. [83] Interest on the debt was $404 billion.

3. Deficit reduction in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The Bipartisan Policy Center sponsored a Debt Reduction Task Force, co-chaired by Pete V. Domenici and Alice M. Rivlin. This panel created a report called "Restoring America's Future," which was published in November 2010. The plan claimed to stabilize the debt to GDP ratio at 60%, with up to $6 trillion in debt reduction over the 2011–2020 ...

4. History of the United States public debt - Wikipedia

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   The history of the United States public debt began with federal government debt incurred during the American Revolutionary War by the first U.S treasurer, Michael Hillegas, after the country's formation in 1776. The United States has continuously experienced fluctuating public debt, except for about a year during 1835–1836.

5. Why maintaining America’s ballooning debt could be as big a ...

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   Part of the answer is clearly a supply-and-demand issue as a flood of new Treasury bills ($20.8 trillion in issuances so far in 2023) enters a more unstable market.Experts point to a range of ...

6. 2011 United States debt-ceiling crisis - Wikipedia

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   July 25, 2011: The bond market is shaken by a single $850 million futures trade betting on US default. July 29, 2011: The Budget Control Act of 2011 S. 627, [154] a Republican bill that immediately raised the debt ceiling by $900 billion and reduced spending by $917 billion, passed in the House on a vote of 218–210.

7. History of the United States debt ceiling - Wikipedia

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   The United States Public Debt Act of 1939 eliminated separate limits on different types of debt. [6] The Public Debt Act of 1941 raised the aggregate debt limit on all obligations to $65 billion, and consolidated nearly all federal borrowing under the U.S. Treasury and eliminated the tax-exemption of interest and profit on government debt. [6] [7]