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U.S. Department of the Treasury · daily · usd

Debt held by the public

Debt to the Penny: debt held by the public, dollars, each business day. Series id us.debt.public. Licence: US public domain.

Latest
32712190190967.42
2026-10-29
Released
2026-11-02 01:06
UTC, as observed
Next release
see calendar
UTC
Per request
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USDC over x402, or free with a key

Recent observations

PeriodValueVintage
2026-10-2932712190190967.422026-11-02
2026-10-2832671924859186.912026-11-02
2026-10-2732677379585770.572026-11-02
2026-10-2632635294814294.482026-11-02
2026-10-2332610649676158.392026-11-02
2026-10-2232597664070880.232026-11-02
2026-10-2132566346587338.022026-11-02
2026-10-2032566198492042.622026-11-02
2026-10-1932533474452928.982026-11-02
2026-10-1632532409708643.412026-11-02
2026-10-1532538236547452.082026-11-02
2026-10-1432483712019721.842026-11-02
2026-10-1332483641012611.982026-11-02
2026-10-0932447832644923.872026-11-02
2026-10-0832454086117711.322026-11-02
2026-10-0732439260138550.172026-11-02
2026-10-0632440264284905.732026-11-02
2026-10-0532426124989617.492026-11-02
2026-10-0232428913787327.442026-11-02
2026-10-0132433790394253.862026-11-02
2026-09-3032425012546390.572026-11-02
2026-09-2932367872193303.632026-11-02
2026-09-2832386263609755.872026-11-02
2026-09-2532385874118414.112026-11-02

Calls

GET /api/v1/series/us.debt.public
GET /api/v1/series/us.debt.public/history?limit=120
GET /api/v1/series/us.debt.public/history?as_of=2026-06-30
GET /api/v1/series/us.debt.public/vintages?period=2026-10-29

MCP: macro_latest(series_id="us.debt.public")

Source: U.S. Department of the Treasury. Adapter treasury_debt.

About this series

Debt held by the public is published by U.S. Department of the Treasury daily in usd. Debt to the Penny: debt held by the public, dollars, each business day. MacroDataAPI collects it at release, keeps every revision with its vintage date, and serves it under its US public domain licence with attribution in the source field.

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history?as_of= returns the series as it was known on that date and vintages?period= lists every revision of one period. Needs a pass or a per-request payment.

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