It's been awhile since I last posted an update. Here are the newest U.S. National Debt statistics effective Feb. 11, 2010 courtesy of www.treasurydirect.gov
Debt Held By The Public:
$7,848,015,306,528.53
Intragovernmental Holdings:
$4,501,309,157,755.75
Total Debt:
$12,349,324,464,284.28
Interest Payments:
January 2010:
$18,856,851,343.86
Fiscal Year 2010 (to-date):
$164,248,228,365.53
Fiscal Year 2009 (total):
$383,071,060,815.42
Gifts to reduce the public debt:
December 2009: $134,182
Fiscal Year 2010 (to-date): $956,156.70
Fiscal Year 2009 (total): $3,063,057.05
Debt increase in the last 365 days:
$1,636,200,248,712.08
Debt increase in the first 388 days of the Obama administration:
$1,722,447,415,371.20
[$4,439,297,462.30/day]