US Debt Held by the Public

9.4% YoY · as of Jul 2026 · U.S. Treasury Fiscal Data

Debt held by the public (excludes intragovernmental holdings), month-end values from the Treasury's Debt to the Penny dataset.

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1998–2026 · 292 observationssource: U.S. Treasury Fiscal Data · vintage 2026-07-04

Methodology

Treasury Fiscal Data 'Debt to the Penny', debt_held_public_amt field (debt held by investors outside the federal government), downsampled to month-end by stonks. Source values as published by the Bureau of the Fiscal Service.

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