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Total Public Debt Outstanding

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unverified 40,387,508,795,231.67 latest (2026-10-16) US dollars unit daily frequency United States geography

Coverage 1993-04-01 to 2026-10-16 · series id fiscaldata/debt_to_penny:tot_pub_debt_out_amt

Recent values

PeriodValueRevision
2026-10-16 40,387,508,795,231.67 1
2026-10-15 40,388,317,675,071.91 1
2026-10-14 40,329,229,827,541.02 1
2026-10-13 40,343,879,238,035.67 1
2026-10-09 40,301,480,531,899.65 1
2026-10-08 40,305,316,210,829.72 1
2026-10-07 40,284,036,147,367.19 1
2026-10-06 40,273,024,579,219.17 1
2026-10-05 40,249,104,431,078.48 1
2026-10-02 40,242,446,619,209.33 1
2026-10-01 40,260,641,972,390.03 1
2026-09-30 40,171,825,101,340.31 1

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License public-domain (terms). Source: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Fiscal Data.

Official table: Debt to the Penny · U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service

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