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  2. National debt of the United States - Wikipedia

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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]

  3. The debt ceiling is back on the table for 2025. Here's what ...

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    For about 48 hours last week, it looked like a debt ceiling fight in 2025 would be averted as ideas were floated to push the issue off until 2027 or 2029 (or even forever). But it was not to be.

  4. United States debt ceiling - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, the debt ceiling or debt limit is a legislative limit on the amount of national debt that can be incurred by the U.S. Treasury, thus limiting how much money the federal government may pay by borrowing more money, on the debt it already borrowed. The debt ceiling is an aggregate figure that applies to gross debt, which ...

  5. Government debt - Wikipedia

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    A country's gross government debt (also called public debt or sovereign debt [1]) is the financial liabilities of the government sector. [2]: 81 Changes in government debt over time reflect primarily borrowing due to past government deficits. [3] A deficit occurs when a government's expenditures exceed revenues.

  6. How rising US debt could compound into a crisis ... - AOL

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    US debt problems will be felt in the coming years, Jeffrey Gundlach wrote for The Economist. Higher interest rates and a recession amplify US borrowing costs. By 2034, debt servicing could consume ...

  7. The US government's debt has been downgraded. Here's ... - AOL

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    Late Tuesday, Fitch Ratings became the second of the three major credit-rating firms to remove its coveted triple-A assessment of the United States government's credit worthiness, a move that ...

  8. History of the United States public debt - Wikipedia

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    On August 5, 2011, the United States debt-ceiling crisis of 2011, the credit rating agency Standard & Poor's downgraded the rating of the federal government from AAA to AA+. It was the first time the U.S. had been downgraded since it was originally given a AAA rating on its debt by Moody's in 1917. [ 37 ]

  9. The US government is projected to spend $892 billion ... - AOL

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    In a 2023 paper, Dynan contends that higher government debt — especially in comparison to borrowing by households and businesses — can drive up interest rates, making it more expensive to ...