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According to the OECD, general government gross debt (federal, state, and local) in the United States in the fourth quarter of 2015 was $22.5 trillion (125% of GDP); subtracting out $5.25 trillion for intragovernmental federal debt to count only federal "debt held by the public" gives 96% of GDP.
The amount of U.S. public debt, measured as a percentage of GDP from 1900 to 2020, projected to 2050. [1] Public debt percent of GDP.Federal, State, and Local debt and a percentage of GDP chart/graph Federal debt to revenue ratio
At the end of the 1st quarter of 2021, the United States public debt-to-GDP ratio was 127.5%. [4] Two-thirds of US public debt is owned by US citizens, banks, corporations, and the Federal Reserve Bank; [5] approximately one-third of US public debt is held by foreign countries – particularly China and Japan. In comparison, less than 5% of ...
US debt problems will be felt in the coming years, Jeffrey Gundlach wrote for The Economist. ... Publicly held debt is projected to reach 122.4% of GDP by 2034, up from 97.3% last year.
In fact, you’d have to go back to 1837 to find the last time the United States was debt-free. Texas was still an independent republic and only 26 states existed.
Federal, State, and Local debt and a percentage of GDP chart/graph. Date: 13 February 2017: ... History of the United States public debt; National debt of the United ...
The U.S. national debt broke a new record after crossing the $36 trillion mark for the first time as the federal government's mounting budget deficits cause the debt to surge.
The United States federal budget includes mandatory spending, discretionary spending, and interest on debt. In the United States in 2017, mandatory spending totaled $2.5 trillion or 13.1% of GDP and included Social security $939 billion or 4.9% of GDP, Medicare 591 billion or 3.1% GDP, Medicaid $375 billion or 2.0% of GDP, and Other 614 billion ...