national debt
noun
: the total amount of money that the government of a country owes to companies, countries, etc.
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China has limited capacity to support its economy, with national debt as a share of GDP jumping in recent years.
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Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 18 May 2026
The data tells a different story as higher inflation is spreading into the cost of servicing the national debt.
—ABC News, 16 May 2026
The national debt has surpassed the GDP, Social Security and Medicare face looming financial crises, inflation is rising, families are struggling — and yet Congress does nothing.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 May 2026
The national debt might encapsulate all those universal concerns into a single issue, its repercussions broad and wide-ranging enough that Americans can cast a number of kitchen table concerns onto it.
—Tristan Bove, Fortune, 13 May 2026
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Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 18 May 2026
The data tells a different story as higher inflation is spreading into the cost of servicing the national debt.
—ABC News, 16 May 2026
The national debt has surpassed the GDP, Social Security and Medicare face looming financial crises, inflation is rising, families are struggling — and yet Congress does nothing.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 May 2026
The national debt might encapsulate all those universal concerns into a single issue, its repercussions broad and wide-ranging enough that Americans can cast a number of kitchen table concerns onto it.
—Tristan Bove, Fortune, 13 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for national debt
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“National debt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/national%20debt. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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