Here's what's new regarding the US national debt 🇺🇸:





📈 Current figures
• As of June 4, 2025, the total public debt of the USA is approximately $36.21 trillion, of which $28.95 trillion is external debt, and about $7.26 trillion is internal obligations.
• The growth over the last year is approximately $1.56 trillion, which is about $4.27 billion per day.
• If the pace continues, the US could reach $37 trillion in debt by the end of October 2025.



💸 Maintenance Costs
• In 2024, interest payments exceeded 1 trillion $, which is already more than expenditures on defense or Medicare.
• It is expected that by 2025 the amount of interest will exceed 1 trillion $, taking second place in the budget after pensions.
• According to Goldman Sachs, the US may spend $1 trillion annually on debt servicing.



⚠ Economic alarms
• Investors (Ray Dalio, Ken Rogoff, Niall Ferguson) warn of a possible "economic shock" — a tightening of policy when interest on debt exceeds defense spending, and a loss of investor confidence .
• Moody’s downgraded the government debt rating to Aa1 in May 2025.
• BlackRock (Larry Fink) warns: a deficit of about 120% of GDP threatens stability, and rates are rising .
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