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The deficit in the fiscal year 2025, including the factors that contributed to it, such as higher interest costs and rising outlays for major benefit programs.
’ gross national debt stood at about in early January 2026, with debt held by the public near $30.8 trillion, and the year‑over‑year increase roughly $2.25 trillion as reported by on January 7, 2026 ....
Over the past five fiscal years the federal government shifted from pandemic-era emergency spending and large deficits toward still-elevated baseline outlays concentrated in health care and retirement...
The U.S. national debt rose by roughly $2.0–$2.3 trillion over fiscal year 2025, depending on which debt measure is used, equivalent to about a 6–7 percent increase year‑over‑year; the narrower and ec...
Fiscal 2025’s reflected a mix of higher mandatory and discretionary outlays, one-off timing effects that make year-to-year comparisons tricky, and tax-policy shifts that both raised and lowered revenu...