monica_b1998@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoThe U.S. borrowed $50 billion a week for the past five monthsfortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square187fedilinkarrow-up1842arrow-down18
arrow-up1834arrow-down1external-linkThe U.S. borrowed $50 billion a week for the past five monthsfortune.commonica_b1998@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square187fedilink
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month agoAre they now over 20 trillions in debt?
minus-square___@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 month agoAllegedly over $38.4 trillion (as of December 2025)
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoYou can track it in real time to see just how fucked the US economy is. https://www.usdebtclock.org/
minus-squarePhoenixz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month ago20? That was years ago, no? It’s somewhere in the deep 30s now
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month ago39 trillion https://www.usdebtclock.org/
minus-squaretechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 month agoIt’s not really “debt” when the “debtor” prints the money.
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 month agoStill consuming the countries future.
minus-squareKazumara@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 month agoIt is really debt when it stays on the books and the debtor has to pay interest, and servicing all that debt consumes 15% of the budget.
Are they now over 20 trillions in debt?
Allegedly over $38.4 trillion (as of December 2025)
You can track it in real time to see just how fucked the US economy is.
https://www.usdebtclock.org/
20? That was years ago, no? It’s somewhere in the deep 30s now
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39 trillion
https://www.usdebtclock.org/
It’s not really “debt” when the “debtor” prints the money.
Still consuming the countries future.
It is really debt when it stays on the books and the debtor has to pay interest, and servicing all that debt consumes 15% of the budget.