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US national debt exceeds $30 trillion

By Zach Halaschak
Published February 1, 2022 10:29pm ET
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US national debt exceeds $30 trillion
In this Sept. 24, 2013, file photo, just cut stacks of $100 bills make their way down the line at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing Western Currency Facility in Fort Worth, Texas. | (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

The United States’s national debt exceeded $30 trillion for the first time, according to Treasury Department figures released on Tuesday.

The national debt is now about double China’s entire gross domestic product.

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