The debt, plainly.
Total public debt outstanding of the United States, read directly from the U.S. Treasury. No guesses. Every number carries a date.
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Pace estimate, not an official figure-
Held by the public
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Owed to federal accounts
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Intragovernmental holdings
Change, past 12 months
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Average per day, past 12 months
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Calendar days, from the two dates above
Source: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Debt to the Penny (API: v2/accounting/od/debt_to_penny). Daily values are posted on business days, so the latest figure is usually one to a few days old. The pace estimate multiplies the average daily change over the past 12 months by days since the latest official date; real daily movement is lumpy (tax dates, auctions, debt limit events).