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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 upper graph shows the U.S. public debt in trillions of dollars while the lower graph shows the U.S. public debt as a percentage of GDP. (Data are from the 2009 U.S. Budget.) The President proposes a national budget to Congress, which has final say over the document but rarely appropriates more than what the President requests.
Federal, State, and Local debt and a percentage of GDP chart/graph. Date: ... current: 10:56, 13 February 2017 ... History of the United States public debt;
The Treasury Department's data starts in 1790, when Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton estimated that total public debt was $70.1 million. The national debt — under every U.S. president Skip ...
For more information on the history of the debt ceiling, please click here. ... We hope you'll enjoy the following interactive series of charts on the U.S. debt ceiling from 1917 to the present ...
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. US national debt hits record $34 trillion ...
The National Debt Clock is a billboard-sized running total display that shows the United States gross national debt and each American family's share of the debt. As of 2017 [update] , it is installed on the western side of the Bank of America Tower , west of Sixth Avenue between 42nd and 43rd Streets in Manhattan , New York City .
America’s gross national debt hit an eye-watering $33 trillion for the first time in September — and in fact is currently closer to the $34 trillion mark.. In response, the U.S. is now ...