US Treasury Debt Hits $38 Trillion after Spiking by $1 Trillion in 2.5 Months and by $1.8 Trillion since the Debt Ceiling

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US Treasury Debt Hits $38 Trillion after Spiking by $1 Trillion in 2.5 Months and by $1.8 Trillion since the Debt Ceiling

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But debt and interest expense don’t exist in a vacuum.
By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET.
The US Treasury debt – all Treasury securities outstanding – jumped by another $40 billion today and thereby went over the $38-trillion mark, to $38.012 trillion to be precise, only two-and-a-half…

This story appeared on wolfstreet.com, 2025-10-23 04:02:54.