History of the U.S. public debt

History of the U.S. public debt

At the end of September 2007, the overall U.S. public debt was more than ten trillion dollars. The first yearly reported value was $75,463,476.52 on January 1, 1791. The debt was briefly reduced to zero on January 8, 1835. [ [http://www.publicdebt.treas.gov/history/history.htm History of the U.S. Public Debt] , accessed October 9, 2008]

Prior fiscal years

By decade

ee also

* United States public debt
* National debt by U.S. presidential terms

References

External links

* [http://www.mises.org/fullstory.aspx?control=1419 Perpetual Debt: From the British Empire to the American Hegemon :: Ludwig von Mises Institute]
* [http://eh.net/encyclopedia/?article=noll.publicdebt Definitions and History of U.S. Government Debt] The United States Public Debt, 1861 to 1975
* [http://www.intelligentguess.com/blog/2007/04/09/usa-relationship-between-total-debt-data-from-1929-and-external-debt-as-a-of-the-gdp-data-from-1995/ Total Debt and External debt as a % of GDP] 1) Total Debt ( data from 1929) and External debt ( data from 1995) as a % of GDP and 2) External debt as a % of total debt


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