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The U.S. debt now exceeds the country's GDP. Should we worry?

www.cbsnews.com

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Anonymous 21w

I must be missing something. I thought the debt to GDP ratio has been above 100 for a long time now

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 21w

Huh. Apparently “debt held by the public” ≠ gross federal debt. The latter is the one that’s been above GDP for a while. The former is now above GDP too

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