Debt Pages

The Debt

Debt FAQ

The Numbers

What is
The Debt?

Is It Real $ ?

Any Interest?

You Owe $

How big is
a trillion, a billion
or a million?

National Debt
Links

Archived National Debt Articles

Links to National Debt Info:
Official U. S. government sites, and other sources

U. S. Sites:
Department of the Treasury

• The Public Debt Online
  Entry point for Bureau of the Public Debt resources
• Interest Expense on the Debt Outstanding-Bureau of the Public Debt
  The actual interest on the debt, to the penny
• Ownership of Federal Securities (A Treasury Department Word document)
  Amounts held by the public, and by U.S. government entities
• The Debt To the Penny
  Official numbers, updated daily by the Bureau of the Public Debt
• Bureau of the Public Debt : T-Bills, Notes, and Bonds
  Entry point for descriptions and info regarding the various debt instruments
• Treasury Borrowing—Monthly Interest Rate Certification
  A breakdown of interest rates for various securities
• Bureau of the Public Debt Home Page
  Probably not as useful as the links above
• The Treasury Bulletin
  Published quarterly by Treasury's Financial Management Service
• Monthly Treasury Statement
  The numbers for the prior month, released on the 8th workday of each month
  
  These three links are relatively new Treasury Department offerings, presenting important information in accessible formats:
• Average Interest Rates on U.S. Treasury Securities
  Detailed monthly summaries of current interest rates
• Principal/Interest Graphs
  Pie-charts comparing principal and interest for various categories of the debt
• Frequently Asked Questions about the Public Debt
  A FAQ from the Treasury Department

• Table PDO-1
  Maturity Schedules of Interest-Bearing Securities
  For wonks only. Study this report if you really want to understand why interest payments fluctuate so much. The link changes every month, so:
  —go to the Treasury Bulletin page
  —scroll down to "Public Debt Operations,"
  — then click the link,
  "Maturity Schedules of Interest-Bearing Marketable Public Debt Securities."

Office of Management and Budget

• OMB Historical Tables
  U. S. receipts, outlays and other numbers for past years
  from the Office of the President

Department of Commerce

• Gross Domestic Product
  from the National Economic Accounts of the Bureau of Economic Analysis

Department of Labor

• Employment Situation Summary
  Monthly employment numbers—how many of your neighbors
  are helping you shoulder the debt burden

Private and Non-Profit sites :

No Endorsement Is Implied!
Do not assume that The Muser agrees with any political views expressed on these pages. The links are presented here because they offer useful information. Use them with healthy skepticism.

• The Concord Coalition
  Advocating fiscal responsibility since 1992
  Numerous links and articles
• The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics
  a product of Liberty Fund, Inc's Library of Economics and Liberty
  A searchable bank of articles defining basic economic principles and entities.
• The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
  A bipartisan, non-profit organization educating the public about fiscal policy since 1981
• Gene Simmons' Federal Budget Site
  A chart showing showing Federal spending categories
  Some other links
• zFacts' National Debt Graph
  A graph clearly showing the debt as a %age of GDP, since 1950
  (browse zFacts' pages for other debt info)
• It's The Debt—UWSA National Debt Clock
  Shows a family's share of the debt and deficit