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Updated 4/12/26.     emails: researcher@stopusdeficitspending.com and researcher@stopmindcontrol.com.
[since 1/20/25.  Initially posted 5/1/20]

    
     The U.S. federal government debt, now at 38.9 trillion dollars [as of 4/12/26], is increasing at a rapid and unsustainable pace as annual U.S. budget deficits now exceed 1.5 trillion dollars per year, as this chart documents:


     The U.S. debt clock attempts to monitor the problem of increasing U.S. federal government debt.

     U.S. fiscal responsibility organizations include:
Committee for a Responsible Budget.
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
The Peter G. Peterson Foundation.

     Here is a chart about how the U.S. federal government's 2024 budget produced a huge 1.9 trillion dollar deficit, which is 6.3% of the 2024 U.S. GDP.






     While I have posted long term warnings since 2005 at EmpowermentResources.com about U.S. federal government deficit spending and unsustainable heavily debt-fueled prosperity and borrow and spend prosperity, the current U.S. President, Donald Trump, is once again unsustainably borrowing money from the future to produce amazing debt-fueled prosperity and borrow and spend prosperity during his second 2025-2028 presidency.  While Trump will probably be able to borrow money to produce some amazing short-term 2025-2028 prosperity, Trump's 2017-2020 presidency increased U.S. government federal debt and Trump's projected 2025-2028 spending and increased federal debt will cost Americans higher U.S. federal government debt servicing costs in the future.  Also, the U.S. government probably can't continue its present trend of borrowing more than 1.5 trillion dollars a year and this future budget crunch could be very difficult for the U.S. economy in the future, a problem that Trump, the republicans, and the democrats appear to want to postpone.

     While Trump is apparently focused on a second borrow and spend presidency to produce debt-fueled prosperity where the U.S. government borrows more money and goes deeper into debt to pay it's bills, the U.S. Government's debt has grown to 38.9 trillion dollars [as of 4/12/26] and the U.S. now has a 128.75% debt-to-GDP ratio [as of 4/12/26] .

     Debt-to-GDP ratio is a key measure of a government's debt level and its level of fiscal responsibility.  The IMF or International Monetary Fund estimates [as of 4/12/26] that the U.S. has a relatively high 128.75% debt-to-GDP ratio.  The COVID-19 epidemic was one surprising factor that increased the U.S. federal debt.
You can click here to see an IMF chart that shows the changes in the U.S. federal government's debt-to-GDP ratio from 1990-now.

     Analysis of the $38.9 trillion [as of 4/12/26] U.S. federal government deficit includes:
From Riches to Rags: Causes of Fiscal Deterioration Since 2001, by Committee for a Responsible Budget.
See how the national debt grew to more than $36 trillion, a 6/11/25 Washington Post article.
How the national debt affects the U.S. — and you — in 10 charts, a 6/23/25 Washington Post article.

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