National debt by president. The U.S. Treasury Department provides a detailed account of how much debt the country has piled up each year since 1790. From 1790 through 1900, ...

The national debt has increased under most U.S. presidents. Here is how much each president's time in office added to the U.S. debt by percentage and dollar amounts.

The U.S. government’s debt is not a cause for concern, as it is self-funded and the Federal Reserve can always step in to ...

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office is required by law to provide economic analyses on major legislation.

That year, the national debt stood at $5.8 trillion, or about 55% of the U.S. gross domestic product at the time. As of the end of fiscal 2022, the national debt amounted to about 120% of current GDP.

The measure cements into law much of Trump’s agenda and is being hailed by the president and his supporters as a major ...

President Lyndon B. Johnson, with former president Harry S. Truman at his side, signs the Medicare bill into law at the Truman Library in Independence, Mo., on July 30, 1965. (AP) Analysis by ...

President Trump’s newly passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act will, by most conventional estimates, add trillions to America’s ...

Budget hawks have fretted for decades about America’s deficits and debt, repeatedly advising our government to embrace ...

As a Republican presidential candidate, Trump said he would eliminate the national debt in eight years, which was $19 trillion in 2016, according to The Washington Post. Asked by journalist Bob ...

The national debt has been a routine part of the federal budget since President Nixon abandoned the gold standard in 1971. Since 1971, the federal budget has had a surplus in only 4 of 48 years or ...