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  2. America's national debt is well over $33 trillion — but here ...

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    It’s six times the U.S. debt figure in 2000 ($5.6 trillion). Paid back interest-free at the rate of $1 million an hour, $33 trillion would take more than 3,750 years.

  3. Here’s Why You Should Be Worried About the $33 Trillion ...

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    After weeks of debates and delays, the U.S. Senate passed bipartisan legislation to lift the federal debt ceiling just days before the June 5 deadline set by the Treasury Department. Though...

  4. Why Janet Yellen isn’t worried about the $33 trillion ... - AOL

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    The U.S. national debt is nearing $33 trillion, but Janet Yellen isn’t worried just yet. ... with non-housing debt hitting an all-time high $4.7 trillion, and the U.S. debt to GDP ratio was 120%

  5. 2023 United States debt-ceiling crisis - Wikipedia

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    The Treasury minting a trillion-dollar coin with its authority under 31 U.S.C. Section 5112, depositing it at the Federal Reserve, and drawing it down to pay the government's bills. The Treasury issuing premium bonds rather than par bonds as Treasury debt comes due, lowering the face amount of debt outstanding and subject to the debt limit.

  6. What is the debt ceiling? What has Trump said about the US ...

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    The current debt limit suspension ends on January 1, 2025. The agreement allows a few extra months for the Treasury Department to use what's known as “extraordinary measures” to keep the ...

  7. What is the debt ceiling, and is Trump right that a default ...

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    Since the debt ceiling system was instituted in 1917, Congress has never not raised the debt ceiling. Congress has voted 78 times to raise or suspend the debt limit since 1960.

  8. United States debt ceiling - Wikipedia

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    The United States first instituted a statutory debt limit with the Second Liberty Bond Act of 1917. This legislation set limits on the aggregate amount of debt that could be accumulated through individual categories of debt (such as bonds and bills). In 1939, Congress instituted the first limit on total accumulated debt over all kinds of ...

  9. Hardline Republicans reject Trump's debt ceiling demand ... - AOL

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    But Trump's call to suspend limits on borrowing -- at a time the federal government's debt exceeds $36 trillion -- runs against long-voiced Republican concerns about fiscal profligacy in Washington.