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U.S. Debt Clock

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Official Treasury figure

Total public debt outstanding

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Debt held by the public—

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Intragovernmental holdings—

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Illustrative estimate

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This moving number is not an official government reading. It projects the recent Treasury trend forward between daily reports and may differ from the next published value.

Recent direction

Official debt history

What the numbers mean

One total, two kinds of borrowing

Debt held by the public is held by investors, the Federal Reserve, state and local governments, foreign governments, and other entities outside the federal government.

Intragovernmental holdings are Treasury securities held by federal trust funds and other government accounts.

Official records come from the U.S. Treasury Fiscal Data Debt to the Penny dataset ↗, normally updated after each business day.