The U.S. will pay $1 trillion in interest on the $36 trillion national debt next year, more than it spends on Medicare and ...

The US debt is expected to be $28.2 trillion this year, 100% of the GDP — the highest level since the end of WWII. Since 2021, annual interest costs have nearly tripled, from $352 billion to ...

While bond funds make up a small portion of the $28 trillion Treasury market, recent outflows show investors have become ...

The U.S. debt-to-GDP ratio is at its highest since World War II and is the fourth largest—behind only Japan, Greece and Italy—among the 38 OECD member states.

Goldman Sachs warns Trump's spending plan won't slow debt, interest costs to top $1 trillion next year. Historic austerity ...

Key Background. The ratio of debt to GDP hit a record shortly after World War II, climbing to 106% of GDP in 1946. The only other moment in U.S. history to provoke numbers close to that figure was ...

Federal debt held by the public, as a share of gross domestic product (GDP), is projected to reach 107% by 2029. This would eclipse the previous high set after World War II. But the CBO doesn't ...

Growth in the national debt will be driven by budget deficits widening from about 6.2% of GDP in 2025 to 7.3% in 2055 – well above the 1995-2024 average of 3.9%.

Elevated interest rates relative to the post-GFC years add to the challenge of servicing high debt levels. Read more here.

The only administration to actually reduce the ratio since World War II was the Clinton administration, ... This drove the debt-to-GDP ratio back to the nosebleed level of 128% by the end of 2024.

Total US government debt held by the public is projected to reach 107 per cent of GDP by 2029, exceeding the 106 per cent record set in 1946, just after the end of World War II.

The U.S. debt-to-GDP ratio is at its highest since World War II and is the fourth largest—behind only Japan, Greece and Italy—among the 38 OECD member states.