Here are the newest National Debt Statistics for the period ending September 30, 2010 - per www.treasurydirect.gov - the official website of the U.S. Treasury Department's Bureau of the Public Debt. September 30, 2010 is the end of Fiscal Year 2010 for the United States Government.
National Debt (Sept. 30, 2010)
Publicly Held
$9,022,808,423,453.08
Intragovernmental Holdings
$4,538,814,607,438.71
Total Debt:
$13,561,623,030,891.79
Amount of Debt on Sept. 30, 2009:
$11,909,829,003,511.75
Increase in Fiscal Year 2010:
$1,651,794,027,380.04
Debt on Inauguration Day 2009:
$10,626,877,048,913.08
Debt increase in 588 days of President Obama's administration:
$2,934,745,981,978.71
($4,991,064,525.20/day)
Total Debt increase in President George W. Bush's administration:
$4,899,100,310,608.44
($1,676,625,705.20/day - 2922 days)
Difference between Bush/Obama administrations:
$1,964,354,328,629.73
(Bush larger than Obama)
Interest payments
September 2010
$18,186,175,433.65
Fiscal Year 2010
$413,954,825,362.17
Gifts to reduce the Public Debt
August 2010
$81,444.76
Fiscal Year 2010 (one month to report)
$2,824,256.11
