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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
James Liddell and Joe Sommerlad

The national debt has reached a record $37 trillion, the Treasury Department reports

The U.S. government’s gross national debt has climbed to $37 trillion as a result of increased borrowing from Donald Trump’s administration, according to the latest report from the Treasury Department.

The departmental update, issued to track the nation’s finances, blamed the milestone on the accelerating pace of borrowing by the federal government, which has seen the debt soar by $1t to its present record high in just nine months.

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