Thursday, March 6, 2008

Newest National Debt Statistics posted - Feb 08

The newest Monthly Statement of the Public Debt is now available at www.treasurydirect.gov

As of March 5, 2008, the National Debt is as follows:

Held by Public: $5,288,773,781,817.85
Intragovernmental Holdings: $4,091,652,694,295.38
Total size as of 3/5/08: $9,380,426,476,113.23

Interest payment - February 2008: $20,037,492,573.51
Interest payment - Fiscal Year: $198,517,767,159.16

The Fiscal Year payments reflect interest payments made as of October 2007.

Gifts to reduce the public debt: Jan 08 - $197,155.19
Gifts to reduce the public debt: FY 2008- $527,772.08
Gifts to reduce the public debt: FY07 $2,624,862.42

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