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Economy and Politics · Nov 12, 2026

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Updated Nov 12, 6:45 pm ET

Markets: S&P 500, Dow and Nasdaq daily closes from FRED (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis); Treasury yields from the U.S. Treasury's daily yield curve; Bitcoin from Coinbase. Rates and prices in Your money: FRED (weekly gas and mortgage rates, monthly and quarterly series). Treasury: Debt to the Penny and the Daily Treasury Statement. Deficit: spending minus revenue since Oct 1, from the Daily Treasury Statement. Download the data

LiveNational debt$40,596,173,316,869Rising about $6.7B a day over the past year LiveInterest paid this fiscal year$47,095,051,351Since Oct 1, about $1.1B a day LiveTariffs collected this fiscal year$31,013,860,757Since Oct 1, about $725M a day

Each counter starts from the latest Treasury figure (debt as of Nov 10; interest through Nov 10; tariffs through Nov 9) and runs forward at its recent daily rate until the next figure is published.

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