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Congrats, America We Made It! Government Debt Spikes Past $33 Trillion: +$1.6 Trillion Since Debt Ceiling, +$2.2 Trillion From Year Ago

September 19, 2023

by Wolf Richter Wolf Street

Trillions whooshing by so fast they’re hard to see.

The total US national debt spiked by $1.58 trillion since the debt ceiling was lifted, and by $2.16 trillion from a year ago, to $33.04 trillion, according to the Treasury Department’s figures this afternoon.

A stunning amount of new debt that is getting piled on in a stunningly short amount of time, even as the economy has been growing at decent rates! Congratulations, America.