National Debt Reaches $39.20 Trillion, Increased $2.99 Trillion Year over Year

June 5, 2026 ADI Staff Reporter
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The Joint Economic Committee released its Monthly Debt Update for May.

As of June 3, 2026, total gross national debt is $39.20 trillion. Relative to one year ago, total gross national debt is $2.99 trillion higher; relative to five years ago, it is $10.94 trillion higher. Over the past year, the rate of increase averaged $8.19 billion per day, $341.30 million per hour, $5.69 million per minute, or $94,804.90 per second.

The increase in gross national debt over the past year amounts to $8,743.44 per person or $22,180.93 per household. Total gross national debt amounts to $114,653 per person or $290,860 per household. Assuming the average daily rate of growth over the past three years continues, the U.S. will reach $40 trillion by approximately September 23, 2026. At that rate, an increase of another trillion dollars would be reached in approximately 141 days.

As of May 2026, the average interest rate on the total marketable national debt is 3.386 percent. One year ago, it was 3.362 percent; five years ago, it was 1.485 percent. This means that, today, the U.S. is paying more just in interest payments than it was even one year ago, and significantly more than it was five years ago.

Interest rates have a significant impact in how much the U.S. pays on debt. The total amount of interest paid to trust funds over the past 12 months was $272.89 billion, an average of $22.74 billion per month. Net interest as a share of outlays is forecast by the Congressional Budget Office to be 13.95 percent in FY2026, 14.25 percent in FY2027, and 14.94 percent in FY2028.

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5 Comments

  1. OT1H, the debt is still my greatest beef with the Trump admin. OTOH, I know it would have grown by at least the same, but probably much more, under Harris’/Waltz’s puppetmaster. Regardless, the fault, ultimately, falls on the Congress, who holds the purse strings, and ultimately it is we, the public, who pay the price for letting politicians spend without accountability.

    “Inflation is taxation without legislation.” -Milton Friedman, economist

  2. Its Congressional Spending that comes back to haunt us year after year. What are they buying with the money they don’t have? DOGE made some enroads to the problem but unfortunately that needs to continue. We need to know where this money is going because it appears there are still leaks in the dam. How is it Malia Obama gets paid millions to write penpals? If she gets paid to do that how many others are doing the same and how does a program like that get started?

  3. Its Congressional Spending that comes back to haunt us year after year. What are they buying with the money they don’t have? DOGE made some enroads to the problem but unfortunately that needs to continue. We need to know where this money is going because it appears there are still leaks in the dam. How is it Malia Obama gets paid millions to write penpals? If he gets paid to do that how many others are there and how does a program like that get started?

  4. Iys Congressional Spending that comes back to haunt us year after year. What are they buying with the money they don’t have? DOGE made some enroads to the problem but unfortunately that needs to continue. We need to know where this money is going because it appears there are still leaks in the dam. How is it Malia Obama gets paid mikkions to write penpals? If he gets paid to do that how many others are there and how does a program like that get started?

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