Track the rapid rise in the US national debt, and see how much taxpayers (you) owe

The United States' national debt is on track to double over the next three decades amid a rush of spending by the White House ...
National Bureau of Economic Research

Projecting Federal Deficits and Debt

In Then and Now: A Look Back and Ahead at the Federal Budget (NBER Working Paper 34455), Alan J. Auerbach and William Gale develop fiscal projections that incorporate the recently enacted One Big ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Goldman CEO Says US Heading for Debt ‘Reckoning’ If Growth Flags

The mounting level of US debt risks a “reckoning” for the economy if the pace of growth doesn’t improve, according to the chief executive of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. “If we continue on the current ...
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How U.S. debt stacks up against other countries

The United States now carries one of the largest public debt loads in history, and the raw figures are staggering enough to dominate headlines and campaign ads. To understand how that burden really ...