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Federal Debt

The accumulated stock of US Treasury obligations, tracked both in dollars and as a share of national income.

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Trump's $5,000 dividend promise would enlarge a $1.8 trillion deficit by more than half

Paying every American adult $5,000 implies more than 200 million cheques and upward of $1 trillion in borrowing, set against a federal deficit already running $1.8 trillion a year and total debt that crossed $40 trillion last month.

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