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How close did US debt come to its ceiling in 2016?

In 2016, through , the debt limit was suspended on every statement day we hold, so there was no room to measure.

The debt limit in 2016 at a glance

The debt limit in 2016
MeasureValue
Statement days held251
Lowest room left ($ million)n/a
Day of the lowest roomn/a
Near the limit: room under this amount ($ million)1,000
Statement days near the limit0
Statement days with the limit suspended251

How much room was left at the end of each month of 2016?

Last statement day of each month ($ million)
MonthDateSubject to the limitLimitRoom leftCash balance
January 201618,973,438n/an/a370,182
February 201619,086,780n/an/a272,359
March 201619,225,992n/an/a313,835
April 201619,148,684n/an/a339,091
May 201619,227,128n/an/a298,416
June 201619,346,539n/an/a363,662
July 201619,392,962n/an/a333,748
August 201619,475,469n/an/a288,946
September 201619,538,456n/an/a353,312
October 201619,769,751n/an/a421,567
November 201619,910,795n/an/a422,034
December 201619,939,042n/an/a399,190

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Every statement day

Each Daily Treasury Statement of 2016 ($ million)
DateSubject to the limitLimitRoom leftCash balance
19,939,042n/an/a399,190
19,841,842n/an/a377,548
19,842,208n/an/a372,825
19,853,486n/an/a390,555
19,849,850n/an/a381,044
19,840,079n/an/a377,197
19,841,037n/an/a387,014
19,852,318n/an/a392,994
19,845,358n/an/a396,239
19,838,638n/an/a388,365
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DateSubject to the limitLimitRoom leftCash balance
19,837,892n/an/a378,138
19,834,152n/an/a325,271
19,846,987n/an/a327,482
19,841,360n/an/a333,833
19,838,915n/an/a321,860
19,839,930n/an/a319,507
19,853,963n/an/a344,032
19,855,126n/an/a338,025
19,848,303n/an/a343,159
19,843,863n/an/a338,377
19,864,155n/an/a363,137
19,910,795n/an/a422,034
19,894,778n/an/a413,013
19,893,233n/an/a416,420
19,892,078n/an/a409,123
19,862,057n/an/a386,683
19,871,575n/an/a398,815
19,863,009n/an/a403,623
19,859,887n/an/a401,995
19,861,039n/an/a402,553
19,821,871n/an/a375,908
19,831,135n/an/a380,036
19,806,161n/an/a418,005
19,804,448n/an/a407,607
19,757,840n/an/a365,454
19,770,355n/an/a377,527
19,760,678n/an/a382,595
19,754,774n/an/a377,153
19,754,114n/an/a376,485
19,733,711n/an/a371,894
19,724,116n/an/a369,156
19,769,751n/an/a421,567
19,785,578n/an/a440,383
19,789,910n/an/a439,889
19,760,644n/an/a420,256
19,773,625n/an/a431,814
19,753,115n/an/a435,091
19,751,455n/an/a427,572
19,750,573n/an/a433,309
19,719,349n/an/a409,693
19,731,646n/an/a418,133
19,720,603n/an/a420,809
19,686,579n/an/a374,299
19,685,766n/an/a372,381
19,653,866n/an/a342,875
19,659,474n/an/a360,736
19,652,482n/an/a357,296
19,653,805n/an/a360,503
19,628,547n/an/a342,208
19,624,571n/an/a335,636
19,608,035n/an/a339,769
19,538,456n/an/a353,312
19,498,027n/an/a356,770
19,485,152n/an/a339,619
19,502,047n/an/a352,076
19,494,756n/an/a358,850
19,489,856n/an/a353,351
19,484,539n/an/a351,302
19,482,627n/an/a358,603
19,489,481n/an/a364,589
19,483,246n/an/a343,479
19,475,956n/an/a331,797
19,473,262n/an/a321,073
19,445,780n/an/a252,691
19,458,532n/an/a246,759
19,449,877n/an/a246,437
19,447,837n/an/a238,512
19,447,203n/an/a240,149
19,444,712n/an/a238,152
19,439,137n/an/a237,009
19,435,479n/an/a231,405
19,446,642n/an/a252,298
19,475,469n/an/a288,946
19,457,503n/an/a273,682
19,451,599n/an/a278,609
19,449,110n/an/a272,063
19,437,500n/an/a261,937
19,408,306n/an/a244,881
19,420,313n/an/a257,194
19,411,346n/an/a262,858
19,408,537n/an/a253,455
19,410,347n/an/a255,336
19,387,247n/an/a241,426
19,393,511n/an/a252,470
19,385,566n/an/a249,955
19,368,340n/an/a270,368
19,369,694n/an/a270,718
19,343,047n/an/a252,095
19,356,128n/an/a262,663
19,350,929n/an/a267,131
19,345,429n/an/a259,784
19,344,828n/an/a257,583
19,324,681n/an/a245,682
19,339,531n/an/a262,544
19,323,998n/an/a263,385
19,392,962n/an/a333,748
19,377,373n/an/a318,836
19,368,077n/an/a316,238
19,380,276n/an/a328,464
19,372,310n/an/a334,404
19,365,386n/an/a324,986
19,365,596n/an/a324,432
19,356,929n/an/a327,138
19,367,564n/an/a335,807
19,356,273n/an/a341,731
19,351,169n/an/a326,148
19,345,675n/an/a320,931
19,326,454n/an/a307,707
19,338,071n/an/a318,422
19,332,093n/an/a322,485
19,327,082n/an/a316,154
19,325,203n/an/a315,375
19,308,628n/an/a298,044
19,292,809n/an/a299,495
19,281,903n/an/a290,469
19,346,539n/an/a363,662
19,245,088n/an/a346,632
19,246,138n/an/a340,193
19,241,039n/an/a344,437
19,239,585n/an/a335,147
19,221,436n/an/a322,951
19,214,230n/an/a331,412
19,227,520n/an/a335,303
19,218,408n/an/a320,542
19,214,666n/an/a307,883
19,209,903n/an/a306,956
19,207,292n/an/a305,523
19,191,759n/an/a239,648
19,183,947n/an/a226,608
19,180,452n/an/a212,512
19,181,043n/an/a209,485
19,191,909n/an/a225,116
19,190,014n/an/a234,678
19,182,076n/an/a238,930
19,176,036n/an/a232,934
19,190,778n/an/a256,930
19,192,333n/an/a259,693
19,227,128n/an/a298,416
19,187,871n/an/a266,563
19,177,568n/an/a251,273
19,175,775n/an/a257,092
19,184,670n/an/a268,985
19,174,093n/an/a276,399
19,171,347n/an/a268,120
19,173,959n/an/a273,500
19,168,080n/an/a277,289
19,179,585n/an/a288,721
19,168,497n/an/a291,295
19,161,344n/an/a302,731
19,161,596n/an/a301,875
19,154,881n/an/a305,842
19,165,971n/an/a316,456
19,158,931n/an/a322,035
19,151,424n/an/a315,496
19,149,444n/an/a316,764
19,148,043n/an/a323,794
19,133,181n/an/a319,569
19,131,344n/an/a343,705
19,148,684n/an/a339,091
19,147,555n/an/a350,158
19,170,924n/an/a372,499
19,180,168n/an/a382,887
19,171,817n/an/a355,282
19,159,575n/an/a331,277
19,158,149n/an/a318,662
19,177,100n/an/a337,540
19,183,230n/an/a328,698
19,169,652n/an/a290,415
19,164,948n/an/a233,889
19,164,431n/an/a223,174
19,182,582n/an/a237,928
19,195,267n/an/a248,447
19,187,464n/an/a244,515
19,184,367n/an/a236,218
19,182,352n/an/a237,899
19,200,099n/an/a263,537
19,198,236n/an/a258,380
19,189,189n/an/a261,374
19,179,593n/an/a251,046
19,225,992n/an/a313,835
19,194,351n/an/a291,912
19,197,076n/an/a291,654
19,191,449n/an/a295,479
19,176,216n/an/a277,224
19,172,927n/an/a281,904
19,161,940n/an/a277,707
19,172,660n/an/a301,036
19,166,893n/an/a304,545
19,164,223n/an/a298,959
19,149,435n/an/a298,526
19,112,705n/an/a279,081
19,123,158n/an/a278,674
19,089,982n/an/a236,562
19,085,482n/an/a213,624
19,086,499n/an/a214,246
19,061,451n/an/a196,297
19,074,123n/an/a216,274
19,059,049n/an/a222,709
19,054,656n/an/a211,554
19,054,289n/an/a210,163
19,058,888n/an/a229,388
19,052,226n/an/a232,499
19,086,780n/an/a272,359
19,040,722n/an/a233,990
19,031,234n/an/a224,233
19,014,832n/an/a216,862
19,025,526n/an/a238,552
19,014,008n/an/a245,250
19,012,969n/an/a240,815
19,007,672n/an/a242,543
18,989,623n/an/a242,350
18,990,631n/an/a259,086
18,977,051n/an/a271,688
18,976,768n/an/a279,129
18,951,916n/an/a276,161
18,965,930n/an/a323,853
18,960,788n/an/a329,165
18,956,865n/an/a322,146
18,957,161n/an/a325,503
18,935,859n/an/a312,633
18,952,947n/an/a338,063
18,936,349n/an/a339,636
18,973,438n/an/a370,182
18,949,395n/an/a355,129
18,922,262n/an/a337,973
18,927,999n/an/a348,843
18,921,604n/an/a349,474
18,921,220n/an/a339,516
18,918,402n/an/a339,133
18,901,032n/an/a318,749
18,900,247n/an/a299,622
18,894,128n/an/a278,444
18,883,078n/an/a265,074
18,915,367n/an/a302,240
18,857,253n/an/a307,971
18,851,423n/an/a309,821
18,848,142n/an/a300,850
18,847,362n/an/a298,303
18,878,046n/an/a337,737
18,878,094n/an/a328,907
18,860,565n/an/a332,106

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Source: U.S. Treasury, Fiscal Data, Daily Treasury Statement. Observed .

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  • U.S. Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Fiscal Data (source). Licence: Public domain, a work of the US federal government

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