Chart: National debt, by president. Rick Seaman of Portland, Oregon, made this chart from data he found on TreasuryDirect.gov. "If voters don't understand this, the media has failed them," Sea.

Budget hawks have fretted for decades about America’s deficits and debt, repeatedly advising our government to embrace ...

The gross national debt includes intragovernmental debt, or debt the federal government owes to itself—for example, to the Social Security trust fund—in addition to debt held by the public.

Moody's said that the U.S. government's fiscal strength is deteriorating due to widening budget deficits and a growing national debt, a trend which is expected to continue. March 24.

The national debt is projected to eclipse a record set in 1946 in four years after surpassing the size of the U.S. economy according to the CBO's latest projection.

If you’ve been keeping up on the status of our national debt, you’ve likely read that it’s about $22 trillion—and rising. Looking back, we have added approximately $16 trillion since 2000 ...

Key points The national debt, the amount the federal government owes, has surpassed $35 trillion. All but two presidents since 1900 have contributed to the national debt. Too much debt compared to ...

Washington added $4.5 trillion to the national debt over the last year alone. This brings the total debt level to $28 trillion , or roughly $225,000 per U.S. household .

As of April 2023, the U.S. national debt has reached a record high of more than $31.5 trillion. Clearly, the government's increasing debt is not a new trend. To see how it got to this point ...

National Debt. The National Debt Is Making Us Poorer The average American will lose between $5,000 and $14,000 annually by 2054 due to the burden of the growing national debt.