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high $31.61T · low $3.44T · now $31.61T · 2 recessions shaded 2026
C4 · FISCAL SCALE
Federal debt held by the public
$31.61T
STALE ROBUST DRS 95 daily as of 2026-06-23
This tile is stale: the value shown is the last one the source published, never a fabricated current number.
The full history
How it is read
- What it measures
- fiscal scale
- Confidence
- ROBUST : a primary official series, mechanically reported.
- Reliability (DRS)
- DRS 95: Daily since 1997; the longer official record enters via ARCHIVE (build phase 7).
Where it comes from
TREASURY ↗ Every number on this site is reproducible from this primary source.
Questions it helps answer
- The Debt : Can the debt be carried, and who is carrying it?