The national debt, now at a historic high ... And that's gotten us up to that $31.4 trillion mark," Thomson said. Much of the debt -- $24.6 trillion -- is held by the public in the form of ...

The United States national debt exceeded $33 trillion for the first ... In January, the US government debt ceiling, set at $31.4 trillion, was exceeded. After this, the country's Department ...

By early October, the U.S. national debt exceeded $31 trillion for the first timer. All told, an increasing debt load and higher interest payments could lead to a global loss in confidence in the ...

As the national debt has risen to more ... To keep the government from defaulting on its debt, which then stood at roughly $31 trillion, Congress ultimately agreed on a plan to cap annual ...

Rising federal budget deficits and national debt could eat into investors ... Not only will the $31.4 trillion debt go up dramatically, but the government will run out of money to pay its bills ...

“The exceptional recent performance of the United States is certainly impressive ... At the time, the national debt stood at roughly $31.4 trillion, and has since risen by trillions more dollars ...

That is, you take away some of their budgetary resources, and the national debt actually ... That's the kind of math that got us a $31 trillion debt in the first place. WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL ...

The debt ceiling refers to the maximum amount of money the United States ... national debt. Over the last 100 years, the national debt has risen from $408 billion to more than $32 trillion.

The House Rules Committee on Tuesday will consider a bill to raise the US national debt ceiling ... States exceeded the legally set debt ceiling of $31.4 trillion. After that, the US Treasury ...

“The exceptional recent performance of the United States is certainly impressive ... At the time, the national debt stood at roughly $31.4 trillion, and has since risen by trillions more dollars ...