The national debt is now roughly the size of the U.S. economy, crossing a threshold that has long worried deficit hawks and many economists.At the end of 2019, the federal debt held by the public stood at $17 trillion, roughly 80% the size of the U.S. economy, and government projections showed it growing to 100% of the economy in about 10 years. But thanks to trillions of dollars of spending in response to the coronavirus recession this year, and the contraction of the economy itself, the debt now stands at 106% of gross domestic product — a 25% increase in …read more
Source:: Yahoo Finance
