"Unsustainable Price": US Pay Three Billion Dollars of Interest a Daily – Audit Authority Calls Alarm
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National debt can be an opportunity for the economy, or a problem for a country. In the US, even own authorities warn of a dangerous tipping point.
The US pays more than three billion dollars of interest every day. Why the debt burden is rising and what role Japan plays in it.
U.S. Treasury is paying $3 billion a day in interest on national debt, says the CBO—having spent $10 billion to prop up the currency of its top lender
By Eleanor Pringle – Yahoo finance The government’s nearly $40 trillion national debt is now costing the Treasury more than $3 billion a day in service payments, according to a new report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). In its August budget update, the CBO reported that net interest on public debt totaled $963 billion between October 2025 (when the fiscal year begins) and July 2026. That equates to $96.3 billion a month, or approxima…
In the second quarter of 2026, the Angolan State spent three times as much on debt servicing as on the social sector, including education, health, social protection, housing, culture and the environment.
The US is paying more than three billion dollars of interest a day for the first time. A weak yen could further increase the bill – because Japan holds a decisive lever.
The US national debt is approaching $40 trillion, leading to increasingly large interest payments. In the first 10 months of fiscal year 2026, Washington spent $963 billion in interest, equivalent to more than $3 billion per day.
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