Newest National Debt Statistics Now Posted - August 2010

Here are the newest National Debt Statistics for August 25, 2010 - courtesy of the U.S. Treasury Department at www.treasurydirect.gov

Amount held by the Public:
$8,834,183,612,860.18

Intragovernmental Holdings:
$4,527,170,829,387.77

Total Debt:
$13,361,354,442,247.95

The National Debt 365 days ago (Aug. 25, 2009) was:
$11,730,400,622,450.31

Increase in the last 365 days:
$1,630,953,819,797.64

Size of the debt on Inauguration Day - Jan. 20, 2009:
$10,626,877,048,913.08

Increase in Debt since President Obama was Inaugurated:
$2,734,477,393,334.87
[$4,682,324,303.65 per day increase in the 584 days of the Obama Administration]

Interest paid July 2010:
$20,386,125,152.13

Interest paid - Fiscal Year 2010 (2 months left to report):
$375,247,863,222.70

Gifts to reduce the public debt:
June 2010: $197,532.43
FY2010: $2,703,107.90