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October 1, 2008

National debt hit $10 trillion yesterday

Whee! From the official Treasury national debt clock. What a great way to cap off the fiscal year.

9/30/2008
Current Debt Held by the Public: 5,808,691,665,403.71

Intragovernmental Holdings: 4,216,033,231,508.78

Total Public Debt Outstanding: 10,024,724,896,912.49

HT Calculated Risk.

Posted by Jay Hancock at 5:05 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

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While we are at it - let's buy a few space shuttles or something. You have to spoil yourself once in a while, right?

Posted by: bryanintimonium | October 2, 2008 8:40 AM

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About Jay Hancock

Jay Hancock has been a financial columnist for The Baltimore Sun since 2001. He has also been The Baltimore Sun's diplomatic correspondent in Washington and its chief economics writer. Before moving to Baltimore in 1994 he worked for The Virginian-Pilot of Norfolk and The Daily Press of Newport News.

His columns appear Wednesdays and Fridays.

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