U.S. National Debt Now Exceeds $13 Trillion Dollars
Source: US National Debit Clock
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CBO REPORT: DEBIT WILL RISE TO 90% OF GDP
-- In its final analysis, released 3/25/10, that the president's budget would generate a combined $9.75 trillion in deficits over the next decade.
-- The federal public debt, which was $6.3 trillion ($56,000 per household) when Mr. Obama entered office amid an economic crisis, totals $8.2 trillion ($72,000 per household) today, and it's headed toward $20.3 trillion (more than $170,000 per household) in 2020, according to CBO's deficit estimates.
Source: Washington Times
CBO: NATIONAL DEBT TO BE HIGHER THAN WHITE HOUSE FORECAST
Source: Washington Post
CONGRESSIONAL ESTIMATES SHOW GRIM DEFICIT PICTURE
Source: AP
CBO: President Obama's proposed budget would add more than $9.7 trillion to the national debt over the next decade
CBO: Predicting a deficit of about $1.5 trillion this year -- a post-World War II record at 10.3 percent of the overall economy -- and $1.3 trillion in 2011
CBO: Predicts that debt held by investors, including China, would spike from $7.5 trillion at the end of last year to $20.3 trillion in 2020. That means interest payments would more than quadruple — from $209 billion this year, to $916 billion by the end of the decade.
DEFICIT TO HIT ALL-TIME HIGH: OBAMA SENDS CONGRESS $3.8 TRILLION DOLLAR BUDGET