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US national debt exceeds $40 trillion as interest costs hit $1 trillion annually
Anadolu Agency EN·US·3 days ago
The US national debt has surpassed the $40 trillion mark, reflecting an accelerating trajectory of federal borrowing. While the milestone is a mathematical certainty based on Treasury data, the long-term implications for fiscal sustainability and interest rate policy remain a subject of intense debate among economists.