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Blog Posts on national debt
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013 - 1:52 PMLast Thursday, the Bipartisan Policy Center’s (BPC) Health Care Cost Containment Initiative released a comprehensive plan to increase efficiency and reduce costs while reorienting the nation’s health care system to become more patient-centered. That combination would ideally lead not only to a more sustainable fiscal future but to better health... Read More
national debt Indicators
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U.S. Total National Debt
$16,737,328,238,148
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Projected Debt
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Projected Interest Costs
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Debt Owned By Foreigners
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Debt Held by the Public
$11,867,831,161,091
Debt Owned By Foreigners
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This bar chart shows how the percentage of the debt held by the public owned by foreigners has grown since the late 1980's. Today, less than half of the U.S. public debt is actually held by Americans.
United States Treasury Department, Treasury Bulletin, Table OFS-2, December 2011.
About the Issue
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The national debt has grown significantly in recent years due to rising annual deficits. A deficit occurs in any year the government spends more...