National Debt reads $40.05T as of 2026-09-10. Change from prior reading: -0.03. Current value sits at the 99th percentile of the trailing 5 years. Sourced from treasury, refreshed every 6 hours, and free to access via the JSON API.
Debt to the Penny — total public debt outstanding, published daily by the US Treasury. It is the sum of debt held by the public and intragovernmental holdings, so it is larger than the figure most deficit discussions use. Updated every business day with a two-to-four-day lag. A stock, not a flow: it is displayed as fiscal context and is not part of the DLI score.
Core Print
$40.05T-0.03
Historical Position: 99%Last updated: 2026-09-10
Historical Position99%
Current Interpretation
National Debt is currently 40.05 (daily change -0.03). Based on its standardized historical distribution (z-score), current positioning reflects a "tightening bias". Check related plumbing indicators to evaluate broader systemic conditions.