Debt held by the public: 16223.851 USD billions (2019-03-31)
Reporting and findings
- documented
Debt held by the public: 16223.851 USD billions, period ending 2019-03-31. Population: U.S. federal debt held outside federal government accounts. Source millions of dollars divided by 1,000 to show billions.
- U.S. Department of the Treasury: Debt held by the public (FYGFDPUN)FYGFDPUN; 2019-01-01 through 2019-03-31; source observation; retrieved 2026-09-28
Summary and current status
Observed economic data
People and organizations
- Donald J. TrumpSubject of the cross-administration economic comparison
Figures
Debt held by the public16223.851 USD billions Calculation details
- Basis
- Observed
- Population
- U.S. federal debt held outside federal government accounts
- Period
- 2019-01-01 to 2019-03-31
- As of
- 2019-03-31
- Method
- Source millions of dollars divided by 1,000 to show billions. Source retrieval: 2026-09-28.
- Uncertainty
- Quarter-end nominal debt stock. Not a yearly deficit, interest expense or default probability.