US National Debt Hits Record, Rising US$400bil in Two Months
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The U.S. government debt increased by almost 400 billion dollars two months after overcoming the $40 trillion mark, according to the United States Ministry of Foreign Affairs data. The total public debt of the United States as of 19 October was $40.396 trillion, which became the new anti-record, and transfers to RIA News. Analytics, based on the current rate of borrowing, predicts that US public debt could exceed $50 trillion by 2030. The Congre…
The US national debt continues to grow. It passed the $40 trillion mark in August, when it reached $40.047 trillion, according to Treasury Department data cited by Reuters. As of Oct. 19, total debt was $40.396 trillion. That’s an increase of about $349 billion in roughly two months. Some publications have rounded the increase to “nearly $400 billion.” Of the total, $32.533 trillion is owed to public creditors, and $7.863 trillion is owed to the…
The US national debt has grown by almost $400 billion in two months after reaching a record high of $40 trillion
The US national debt has grown by almost $400 billion in two months after reaching a record high of $40 trillion. This is evidenced by data from the US Treasury, analyzed by TASS.Subscribe to TASS / The world in "Max"
The national debt: $40 trillion and counting
"The U.S. national debt stood at $4 trillion when industrialist Harry Figgie published his 1992 bestseller, “Bankruptcy 1995: The Coming Collapse of America and How to Stop It,” and clearly the government didn’t go bankrupt in 1995. Thirty-four years later, in August 2026, the debt surpassed $40 trillion, a milestone that garnered considerable media attention in a way that $39 trillion did not. One might wonder why the hoopla. It’s not as though…
The US public debt increased by almost $400 billion in two months and reached the 40.4 trillion mark, with a new peak recorded on October 19, two months after crossing the $40 trillion threshold.
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