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On , the US Treasury had $739.77 billion of room under the debt limit of $41.10 trillion.

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Interest cost

How much interest does the US pay on its debt?

Gross interest expense on the public debt in each complete fiscal year, as Treasury reports it.

Fiscal 2027 so far

$115.46billion

Through

Interest on the debt more than doubled in five years, to $1.36 trillion in fiscal 2026

Gross interest expense, each fiscal yearFiscal 2011 to 2026

Gross interest expense in each fiscal year from 2011 ($454 billion) to 2026 ($1.36 trillion); $562 billion in 2021.

Each point is one fiscal year, October to September.

The lineLatest:

  • Gross interest$1.36T
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Gross interest expense on the public debt by fiscal year ($ million)
Fiscal yearGross interest
20261,360,397
20251,220,025
20241,133,037
2023882,598
2022718,746
2021562,388
2020522,767
2019574,588
2018523,017
2017458,542
2016432,650
2015402,435
2014430,812
2013415,689
2012359,796
2011454,393

Observed .

The yield curves in the picture at the top of this page

Treasury yields by term at each month-endOldest curve in blue, newest in green
Treasury par yield by term on the last business day of each month, percent
Month-end3-month4-month6-month1-year2-year3-year5-year7-year10-year20-year30-year
4.164.184.254.364.564.654.714.804.945.345.31
4.204.294.334.544.885.005.095.195.295.685.64
3.913.963.994.164.344.404.494.624.755.245.25
3.833.923.984.084.284.344.454.594.755.285.27
3.873.924.013.984.144.154.194.304.444.934.91
3.693.783.783.793.984.064.134.274.454.984.99
3.683.763.713.723.883.914.024.204.404.974.98
3.703.703.723.683.793.813.924.114.304.884.88
3.673.673.603.483.383.393.513.723.974.574.64
3.673.693.613.483.523.603.794.014.264.824.87
3.673.633.593.483.473.553.733.944.184.794.84
3.883.863.743.613.473.493.593.784.024.624.67
3.893.873.793.703.603.603.713.894.114.654.67
4.023.983.833.683.603.613.743.934.164.714.73
4.234.174.013.833.593.583.683.924.234.864.92
4.414.404.314.103.943.893.964.144.374.894.89

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Observed .

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