United States national debt exceeds gross domestic product for first time since World War II

May 3, 2026, 6:09:13 PM UTC(16 hours ago)

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Publicly held debt reached 31.27 trillion dollars in March 2026 surpassing the annual gross domestic product of 31.22 trillion
Fitch Ratings warned that the deteriorating fiscal governance could lead to a further downgrade of the premier credit rating of the United States
Economists at the Cato Institute indicate that debt levels above 80 percent of GDP typically reduce private sector investment and long term economic opportunities
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget projects that interest payments on the debt could exceed the economic growth rate by the 2031 fiscal year
Recent Supreme Court rulings against specific tariff policies are expected to reduce federal revenue by 1.7 trillion dollars over the next decade

America's national debt is now larger than the entire economy https://t.co/cYgqcm9YHJ