US national debt, Treasury data: total public debt outstanding today and its change

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US national debt from the Treasury's Debt to the Penny dataset: total public debt outstanding, debt held by the public and intragovernmental holdings (USD) at the latest record date, the change over 1 day, 30 days and 1 year, and a daily history (1-365 days). US federal data, public domain; the snapshot's record date is in the answer. Use when an agent needs the current US federal debt figure, its trend, or a daily series for a chart or brief.

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Days of daily history to return, 1-365 (default 30)

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daysintegerDays of daily history to return, 1-365 (default 30)

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The real answer to the request above, read 2026-11-15 19:11 UTC and refreshed every 15 minutes.

{
  "date": "2026-11-12",
  "fiscalYear": 2027,
  "totalPublicDebtUsd": 40608506856903.25,
  "debtHeldByPublicUsd": 32824386143424.8,
  "intragovernmentalHoldingsUsd": 7784120713478.45,
  "change": {
    "d1": {
      "since": "2026-11-10",
      "amountUsd": 24376776630.36,
      "percent": 0.06
    },
    "d30": {
      "since": "2026-10-13",
      "amountUsd": 264627618867.58,
      "percent": 0.66
    },
    "d365": {
      "since": "2025-11-12",
      "amountUsd": 2487289707715.61,
      "percent": 6.52
    }
  },
  "history": [
    {
      "date": "2026-11-12",
      "totalPublicDebtUsd": 40608506856903.25,
      "debtHeldByPublicUsd": 32824386143424.8,
      "intragovernmentalHoldingsUsd": 7784120713478.45
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-11-10",
      "totalPublicDebtUsd": 40584130080272.89,
      "debtHeldByPublicUsd": 32800204226578.75,
      "intragovernmentalHoldingsUsd": 7783925853694.14
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-11-09",
      "totalPublicDebtUsd": 40559796589243.37,
      "debtHeldByPublicUsd": 32763773414012.5,
      "intragovernmentalHoldingsUsd": 7796023175230.87
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-11-06",
      "totalPublicDebtUsd": 40552751019092.61,
      "debtHeldByPublicUsd": 32762925356629.47,
      "intragovernmentalHoldingsUsd": 7789825662463.14
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-11-05",
      "totalPublicDebtUsd": 40556120784983.65,
      "debtHeldByPublicUsd": 32766722473715.61,
      "intragovernmentalHoldingsUsd": 7789398311268.04
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-11-04",
      "totalPublicDebtUsd": 40550230047609.15,
      "debtHeldByPublicUsd": 32765175912225.5,
      "intragovernmentalHoldingsUsd": 7785054135383.65
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-11-03",
      "totalPublicDebtUsd": 40547403570984.82,
      "debtHeldByPublicUsd": 32765330118710.62,
      "intragovernmentalHoldingsUsd": 7782073452274.2
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-11-02",
      "totalPublicDebtUsd": 40502080966097.14,
      "debtHeldByPublicUsd": 32719901942674.43,
      "intragovernmentalHoldingsUsd": 7782179023422.71
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-10-30",
      "totalPublicDebtUsd": 40524510013062.41,
      "debtHeldByPublicUsd": 32738422032176.85,
      "intragovernmentalHoldingsUsd": 7786087980885.56
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-10-29",
      "totalPublicDebtUsd": 40593637262883.48,
      "debtHeldByPublicUsd": 32712190190967.42,
      "intragovernmentalHoldingsUsd": 7881447071916.06
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-10-28",
      "totalPublicDebtUsd": 40551054852362.41,
      "debtHeldByPublicUsd": 32671924859186.91,
      "intragovernmentalHoldingsUsd": 7879129993175.5
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-10-27",
      "totalPublicDebtUsd": 40582274254843.57,
      "debtHeldByPublicUsd": 32677379585770.57,
      "intragovernmentalHoldingsUsd": 7904894669073
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-10-26",
      "totalPublicDebtUsd": 40528358939415.85,
      "debtHeldByPublicUsd": 32635294814294.48,
      "intragovernmentalHoldingsUsd": 7893064125121.37
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-10-23",
      "totalPublicDebtUsd": 40463151897249.19,
      "debtHeldByPublicUsd": 32610649676158.39,
      "intragovernmentalHoldingsUsd": 7852502221090.8
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-10-22",
      "totalPublicDebtUsd": 40444342709389.15,
      "debtHeldByPublicUsd": 32597664070880.23,
      "intragovernmentalHoldingsUsd": 7846678638508.92
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-10-21",
      "totalPublicDebtUsd": 40413639012305.97,
      "debtHeldByPublicUsd": 32566346587338.02,
      "intragovernmentalHoldingsUsd": 7847292424967.95
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-10-20",
      "totalPublicDebtUsd": 40439546016039.08,
      "debtHeldByPublicUsd": 32566198492042.62,
      "intragovernmentalHoldingsUsd": 7873347523996.46
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-10-19",
      "totalPublicDebtUsd": 40396401120485.05,
      "debtHeldByPublicUsd": 32533474452928.98,
      "intragovernmentalHoldingsUsd": 7862926667556.07
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-10-16
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