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Five charts explaining America’s $40 trillion debt

Business | Euronews RSS 22 August 2026, 05:00 UTC 4d ago

Five charts explaining America’s $40 trillion debt — Business | Euronews RSS

The US debt crossed the $40 trillion threshold after adding $1 trillion in just five months. The total amount is equivalent to what an average US worker would earn in a whopping 615 million years.

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