national debt
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Instead, construction materials for a new home now cost builders thousands of dollars more, U.S. automakers have written off billions in tariff losses and the U.S. national debt has grown to more than $39 trillion.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026
If that revenue isn’t replaced, the ruling could add more than $2 trillion to the $38.7 trillion national debt over the next decade, according to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.
From Barron's • Feb. 21, 2026
Most recent U.S. national debt, after adding $696 billion in the first four months of the new fiscal year.
From Barron's • Feb. 14, 2026
The U.S. national debt sits at $36 trillion.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 30, 2026
A reasonable estimate of the additional costs for capitalizing a gradual emancipation program would have increased the national debt to about $125 million.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
