How Washington’s interest bill on the $40 trillion national debt exploded 14% in just 9 months

If you thought last year’s national debt numbers were chilling, you haven’t seen anything yet. In the second week of August, the CBO released its Monthly Budget Review giving year-to-date totals, calculated through July, for federal FY 2026, ending September 30. For the first 10 months of fiscal 2026, Washington’s carr

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The national debt just hit $40 trillion. But how much is $40 trillion?  CNN

US national debt reaches $40 trillion | Simon Marks' American Week  lbc.co.uk

The US national debt has officially surpassed $40 trillion for the first time in history, and it’s growing fast.

BRITAIN’S debt is hurtling towards £3trillion amid the ballooning benefits bill of almost £30billion a month. Chancellor John Healey had to borrow another £1.8billion in July despite economists expecting him to balance the books. Britain was about £2.985trillion in the red at the end of the month — roughly £96billion m

One month after the bond market went ballistic, with the 10-year Treasury yield breaching 4.7% and the 30-year Treasury yield skyrocketing to 5.17%, the market is now well and truly imploding. The benchmark 10-year hasn’t come down, and the 30-year has catapulted toward 5.3%, hitting its highest level since before the

JD Vance Says $40 Trillion U.S. Debt Is Biden’s Fault, And Critics Are Tired Of The Blame Game  HuffPost

The U.S.’s national debt surpassed $40 trillion for the first time ever this week—more than double what it was a decade ago.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent made the claim a day after the U.S. national debt crossed $40 trillion for the first time

Britain’s soaring welfare bill forced John Healey to borrow more to balance the books last month.The gap between tax receipts and spending unexpectedly resulted in a £1.8bn deficit in July, taking the national debt to within a whisker of £3tn.Economists had predicted the Government would borrow nothing and blamed the d

Britain’s soaring welfare bill forced John Healey to borrow more to balance the books last month.The gap between tax receipts and spending unexpectedly resulted in a £1.8bn deficit in July, taking the national debt to within a whisker of £3tn.Economists had predicted the Government would borrow nothing and blamed the d

An investigation into the incomprehensibly, unfathomably large amount of money the U.S. owes

A boost from self assessed tax receipts boosted the Treasury's coffers last month but Chancellor John Healey faces tough choices in the autumn Budget

Vice President Vance said Thursday night that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has a “very discreet plan” to shrink the nation’s debt. “He [Bessent] has had a very discreet plan, of course, supported by the president of the United States, to get the United States to a point where our economy is growing faster than our…

US national debt surges past $40 trillion for first time  Dawn

That figure is more than double the $19.95 trillion recorded when Donald Trump first entered the White House in January 2017.

WASHINGTON, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Total US debt has topped $40-trillion for the first time, the Treasury Department said on Wednesday, drawing fresh warnings that a fiscal crisis is brewing as ballooning costs for social safety-net programs and interest payments far outstrip revenues held back by tax cuts.

The Treasury's latest daily cash and debt balances statement showed total public debt outstanding at $40.047 trillion on Tuesday, a total that includes Treasury securities held by the public of $32.266 trillion and intra-governmental debt holdings of $7.782 trillion.

Budget watch dogs warn that a full-blown debt crisis could erupt unless lawmakers confront an unsustainable fiscal outlook and raise taxes, cut spending or both.

Fresh warnings are sounding that a fiscal crisis is brewing.

US debt crosses $40 trillion threshold after doubling under Trump and Biden  Reuters