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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.
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.
As of Dec. 24, 2024, the debt has climbed to nearly $36.3 trillion, a $2.5 trillion increase within the past 12 months. If the average daily rate of debt growth over the past three 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.
On January 19, 2023, the United States hit its debt ceiling of $31.4 trillion. [60] By this time, Republicans had taken control of the House during the 2022 midterm elections. Although Republicans were a minority in the Senate, they threatened for the first time in American history to use the filibuster to stop the debt ceiling increase. [34]
The US national debt topped a psychologically important milestone of $35 trillion in recent days and has risen by $1 trillion since January — mounting by nearly $5 billion every day so far in 2025.
Outstanding government debt stood at $34.9 trillion ($34,940,154,000,000 to be somewhat more precise) as of Tuesday, according to the latest data from the Treasury Department. That's a debt load ...
The Federal Government has over 6:1 debt to revenue ratio as of Q3 2022 Federal, State & Local debt almost $32 trillion in 2021 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.