{"id":84676,"date":"2026-10-23T08:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T12:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=84676"},"modified":"2026-10-23T08:34:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T12:34:44","slug":"unsustainable-the-u-s-government-pays-roughly-100-billion-to-113-billion-per-month-in-gross-interest-on-the-national-debt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=84676","title":{"rendered":"

UNSUSTAINABLE!!!<\/span> “The U.S. government pays roughly $100 billion to $113 billion per month in gross interest on the national debt”<\/span><\/b><\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Interest Costs on the National Debt<\/h1>\n

Peter G. Peterson Foundation<\/p>\n

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Every month, the U.S. Department of the Treasury releases data about the federal budget<\/a>, including the interest costs that the federal government pays on the national debt. The following contains budget data for fiscal year (FY) 2026. During that year, annual interest costs surpassed $1 trillion for the first time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Interest Payments in FY26<\/h2>\n

The rapid accumulation of federal debt, in addition to higher interest rates on that debt (relative to longer-term rates that existed just a few years ago), has pushed up the federal government\u2019s cost of borrowing. In FY26, interest payments on the national debt were 8.4 percent higher than FY25.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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