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How close did US debt come to its ceiling in 2019?

In 2019, through , room under the debt limit was lowest on , at $24.00 million; it was under $1 billion on 107 statement days, and the limit was suspended on 144 days.

The debt limit in 2019 at a glance

The debt limit in 2019
MeasureValue
Statement days held251
Lowest room left ($ million)24
Day of the lowest room
Near the limit: room under this amount ($ million)1,000
Statement days near the limit107
Statement days with the limit suspended144

Room left under the limit in 2019

$ trillion

Room left under the limit in 20190.00.00.00.04 March 20191 August 2019Room left under the limit in 20190.00.00.00.04 March 20191 August 2019

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

How much room was left at the end of each month of 2019?

Last statement day of each month ($ million)
MonthDateSubject to the limitLimitRoom leftCash balance
January 201921,941,179n/an/a403,597
February 201922,074,155n/an/a290,665
March 201921,987,68021,987,70626334,012
April 201921,987,68021,987,70626422,586
May 201921,987,68121,987,70625232,874
June 201921,987,68121,987,70625263,709
July 201921,987,68121,987,70625176,662
August 201922,427,545n/an/a133,091
September 201922,686,616n/an/a382,483
October 201922,961,751n/an/a434,942
November 201923,030,572n/an/a342,618
December 201923,155,700n/an/a403,853

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When did the limit change in 2019?

Changes in the statutory limit ($ million; a dash means suspended)
First statement dayLimit beforeLimit after
n/a21,987,706
21,987,706n/a

Every statement day

Each Daily Treasury Statement of 2019 ($ million)
DateSubject to the limitLimitRoom leftCash balance
23,155,700n/an/a403,853
23,064,331n/an/a391,180
23,062,898n/an/a374,776
23,042,326n/an/a354,659
23,035,193n/an/a351,934
23,069,396n/an/a387,129
23,041,520n/an/a370,111
23,042,291n/an/a373,409
23,054,580n/an/a378,573
23,066,363n/an/a387,575
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DateSubject to the limitLimitRoom leftCash balance
23,063,099n/an/a401,451
23,004,971n/an/a293,216
23,008,121n/an/a280,898
23,024,109n/an/a304,160
23,037,669n/an/a316,010
23,051,558n/an/a340,756
23,044,230n/an/a331,960
23,045,183n/an/a331,250
23,044,680n/an/a338,453
23,042,902n/an/a332,247
23,059,617n/an/a371,347
23,030,572n/an/a342,618
23,030,517n/an/a358,896
23,047,507n/an/a374,167
23,027,077n/an/a369,284
23,025,783n/an/a355,420
23,005,053n/an/a357,980
23,007,590n/an/a357,551
23,020,209n/an/a376,080
23,004,838n/an/a380,068
22,997,327n/an/a361,698
22,970,170n/an/a382,896
22,958,746n/an/a370,185
22,968,840n/an/a393,834
22,959,692n/an/a381,727
22,957,239n/an/a382,761
22,939,853n/an/a378,184
22,939,894n/an/a373,672
22,919,611n/an/a370,080
22,906,705n/an/a360,775
22,961,751n/an/a434,942
22,918,463n/an/a400,616
22,921,416n/an/a400,905
22,905,671n/an/a393,739
22,903,622n/an/a383,655
22,897,729n/an/a382,885
22,881,554n/an/a375,170
22,895,750n/an/a384,216
22,877,301n/an/a379,070
22,873,314n/an/a376,290
22,873,074n/an/a378,567
22,852,480n/an/a361,497
22,857,414n/an/a369,111
22,797,740n/an/a308,479
22,796,727n/an/a307,701
22,778,695n/an/a297,389
22,794,044n/an/a313,105
22,791,618n/an/a330,055
22,788,704n/an/a321,687
22,783,582n/an/a321,728
22,782,106n/an/a335,185
22,765,658n/an/a328,321
22,686,616n/an/a382,483
22,590,012n/an/a330,276
22,577,139n/an/a309,380
22,575,078n/an/a305,810
22,590,274n/an/a323,460
22,578,001n/an/a324,733
22,572,741n/an/a310,506
22,577,159n/an/a313,799
22,557,598n/an/a303,057
22,570,231n/an/a307,731
22,553,617n/an/a298,755
22,524,462n/an/a215,579
22,524,522n/an/a195,302
22,507,196n/an/a183,581
22,525,682n/an/a193,989
22,505,024n/an/a190,398
22,499,911n/an/a181,508
22,498,821n/an/a184,901
22,484,759n/an/a174,779
22,466,340n/an/a177,181
22,427,545n/an/a133,091
22,433,015n/an/a156,856
22,422,519n/an/a150,146
22,437,899n/an/a165,326
22,406,385n/an/a146,691
22,395,967n/an/a139,037
22,395,664n/an/a142,425
22,380,069n/an/a131,447
22,393,325n/an/a145,898
22,361,730n/an/a128,669
22,354,504n/an/a120,765
22,350,185n/an/a111,766
22,307,909n/an/a130,981
22,324,951n/an/a144,667
22,297,016n/an/a132,745
22,291,748n/an/a125,213
22,292,983n/an/a125,667
22,287,069n/an/a133,077
22,287,793n/an/a129,108
22,286,386n/an/a141,111
22,279,256n/an/a133,666
21,987,68121,987,70625117,629
21,987,68121,987,70625176,662
21,987,68121,987,70625161,081
21,987,68121,987,70625170,082
21,987,68121,987,70625159,064
21,987,68121,987,70625161,323
21,987,68121,987,70625178,227
21,987,68221,987,70624194,645
21,987,68121,987,70625200,842
21,987,68121,987,70625195,443
21,987,68021,987,70626193,492
21,987,68021,987,70626206,203
21,987,68121,987,70625221,578
21,987,68121,987,70625223,382
21,987,68121,987,70625181,379
21,987,68121,987,70625183,735
21,987,68121,987,70625195,226
21,987,68221,987,70624210,858
21,987,68221,987,70624219,246
21,987,68021,987,70626210,522
21,987,68121,987,70625220,911
21,987,68221,987,70624239,653
21,987,68121,987,70625242,627
21,987,68121,987,70625263,709
21,987,68221,987,70624222,822
21,987,68221,987,70624240,909
21,987,68121,987,70625255,080
21,987,68221,987,70624263,915
21,987,68121,987,70625246,052
21,987,68221,987,70624240,054
21,987,68221,987,70624258,641
21,987,68221,987,70624263,642
21,987,68021,987,70626265,790
21,987,68021,987,70626153,849
21,987,68121,987,70625139,168
21,987,68021,987,70626173,062
21,987,68021,987,70626183,097
21,987,68021,987,70626199,119
21,987,68121,987,70625189,662
21,987,68021,987,70626188,654
21,987,68121,987,70625207,647
21,987,68021,987,70626204,066
21,987,68021,987,70626221,319
21,987,68121,987,70625232,874
21,987,68021,987,70626233,808
21,987,68021,987,70626249,011
21,987,68121,987,70625250,731
21,987,68021,987,70626246,420
21,987,68021,987,70626249,017
21,987,68021,987,70626264,581
21,987,68121,987,70625281,013
21,987,68021,987,70626291,346
21,987,68021,987,70626285,010
21,987,68121,987,70625288,080
21,987,68121,987,70625294,969
21,987,68121,987,70625330,430
21,987,68021,987,70626333,924
21,987,68121,987,70625326,819
21,987,68021,987,70626326,721
21,987,68121,987,70625344,461
21,987,68021,987,70626361,375
21,987,68121,987,70625348,084
21,987,68021,987,70626340,557
21,987,68021,987,70626362,909
21,987,68121,987,70625368,764
21,987,68021,987,70626422,586
21,987,68021,987,70626414,335
21,987,68021,987,70626401,162
21,987,68121,987,70625394,315
21,987,68021,987,70626398,916
21,987,68021,987,70626416,992
21,987,68121,987,70625388,844
21,987,68121,987,70625364,539
21,987,68121,987,70625351,845
21,987,68121,987,70625369,365
21,987,68121,987,70625356,274
21,987,68121,987,70625317,915
21,987,68121,987,70625243,935
21,987,68021,987,70626221,493
21,987,68121,987,70625245,664
21,987,68121,987,70625260,472
21,987,68021,987,70626273,795
21,987,68121,987,70625264,187
21,987,68121,987,70625265,825
21,987,68021,987,70626270,470
21,987,68121,987,70625295,524
21,987,68121,987,70625307,320
21,987,68021,987,70626334,012
21,987,68121,987,70625295,961
21,987,68121,987,70625295,593
21,987,68121,987,70625320,547
21,987,68121,987,70625318,195
21,987,68121,987,70625309,955
21,987,68121,987,70625311,880
21,987,68121,987,70625314,749
21,987,68121,987,70625337,761
21,987,68121,987,70625328,710
21,987,68121,987,70625300,825
21,987,68121,987,70625241,667
21,987,68121,987,70625238,381
21,987,68121,987,70625262,271
21,987,68121,987,70625255,500
21,987,68021,987,70626240,931
21,987,68121,987,70625242,860
21,987,68121,987,70625213,611
21,987,68121,987,70625218,308
21,987,68121,987,70625213,030
21,987,681n/an/a201,566
22,074,155n/an/a290,665
22,034,267n/an/a266,024
22,049,742n/an/a326,153
22,026,936n/an/a324,761
22,022,898n/an/a311,876
21,998,464n/an/a321,454
21,999,529n/an/a331,003
22,000,266n/an/a357,688
21,984,710n/an/a321,808
21,974,606n/an/a361,347
21,979,701n/an/a375,119
21,995,191n/an/a398,585
21,972,323n/an/a394,023
21,916,767n/an/a335,829
21,913,961n/an/a338,549
21,917,052n/an/a353,896
21,916,627n/an/a353,200
21,892,886n/an/a347,476
21,880,547n/an/a336,151
21,941,179n/an/a403,597
21,928,129n/an/a411,384
21,933,143n/an/a412,931
21,914,940n/an/a407,393
21,909,640n/an/a397,633
21,900,491n/an/a398,325
21,907,605n/an/a402,227
21,912,811n/an/a401,576
21,914,101n/an/a385,978
21,913,816n/an/a379,667
21,919,981n/an/a396,414
21,929,381n/an/a391,614
21,879,432n/an/a346,986
21,876,121n/an/a331,349
21,876,407n/an/a329,196
21,889,525n/an/a349,443
21,900,609n/an/a362,161
21,894,678n/an/a364,760
21,890,688n/an/a356,117
21,887,821n/an/a352,175
21,903,672n/an/a382,616

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

Sources and licence

Sources and licence

  • 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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