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How close did US debt come to its ceiling in 2020?

In 2020, through , the debt limit was suspended on every statement day we hold, so there was no room to measure.

The debt limit in 2020 at a glance

The debt limit in 2020
MeasureValue
Statement days held253
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 suspended253

How much room was left at the end of each month of 2020?

Last statement day of each month ($ million)
MonthDateSubject to the limitLimitRoom leftCash balance
January 202023,180,804n/an/a403,983
February 202023,370,133n/an/a357,251
March 202023,654,178n/an/a515,257
April 202024,944,144n/an/a1,180,035
May 202025,716,563n/an/a1,449,129
June 202026,450,464n/an/a1,722,032
July 202026,500,107n/an/a1,763,090
August 202026,702,455n/an/a1,705,982
September 202026,920,380n/an/a1,781,679
October 202027,109,189n/an/a1,598,798
November 202027,420,530n/an/a1,622,986
December 202027,721,341n/an/a1,728,569

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Every statement day

Each Daily Treasury Statement of 2020 ($ million)
DateSubject to the limitLimitRoom leftCash balance
27,721,341n/an/a1,728,569
27,535,152n/an/a1,613,514
27,525,449n/an/a1,606,627
27,517,159n/an/a1,611,761
27,490,030n/an/a1,576,370
27,491,271n/an/a1,583,308
27,496,835n/an/a1,603,478
27,487,425n/an/a1,609,289
27,465,909n/an/a1,605,924
27,481,307n/an/a1,603,000
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DateSubject to the limitLimitRoom leftCash balance
27,474,947n/an/a1,615,873
27,487,176n/an/a1,620,613
27,365,069n/an/a1,507,694
27,359,758n/an/a1,491,532
27,360,135n/an/a1,489,111
27,379,408n/an/a1,502,361
27,397,080n/an/a1,528,113
27,389,049n/an/a1,542,507
27,388,344n/an/a1,541,553
27,388,309n/an/a1,542,061
27,386,583n/an/a1,557,239
27,380,319n/an/a1,559,909
27,420,530n/an/a1,622,986
27,249,694n/an/a1,497,733
27,228,262n/an/a1,484,036
27,244,061n/an/a1,508,389
27,228,458n/an/a1,524,043
27,221,138n/an/a1,523,945
27,221,995n/an/a1,532,201
27,220,560n/an/a1,546,924
27,235,924n/an/a1,562,437
27,231,632n/an/a1,583,700
27,165,636n/an/a1,548,695
27,163,999n/an/a1,559,098
27,171,563n/an/a1,570,768
27,193,725n/an/a1,613,526
27,188,236n/an/a1,611,360
27,190,700n/an/a1,616,716
27,170,770n/an/a1,618,568
27,170,347n/an/a1,618,498
27,177,154n/an/a1,668,478
27,109,189n/an/a1,598,798
27,144,906n/an/a1,647,480
27,142,877n/an/a1,653,039
27,151,275n/an/a1,673,293
27,155,406n/an/a1,690,216
27,138,805n/an/a1,687,789
27,126,126n/an/a1,686,614
27,116,088n/an/a1,699,497
27,130,605n/an/a1,718,520
27,133,009n/an/a1,736,903
27,123,535n/an/a1,731,394
27,118,842n/an/a1,724,441
27,033,072n/an/a1,647,937
27,042,248n/an/a1,672,917
27,047,763n/an/a1,688,155
27,048,158n/an/a1,693,511
27,028,131n/an/a1,687,434
27,027,292n/an/a1,682,129
27,026,233n/an/a1,699,085
27,019,690n/an/a1,696,491
27,001,888n/an/a1,721,399
26,920,380n/an/a1,781,679
26,764,574n/an/a1,655,158
26,785,569n/an/a1,667,836
26,784,957n/an/a1,666,330
26,760,158n/an/a1,650,402
26,751,850n/an/a1,661,732
26,765,000n/an/a1,672,796
26,768,678n/an/a1,689,647
26,764,298n/an/a1,684,759
26,764,321n/an/a1,686,360
26,755,444n/an/a1,692,809
26,764,377n/an/a1,691,058
26,688,947n/an/a1,596,094
26,684,648n/an/a1,581,016
26,683,284n/an/a1,580,972
26,671,044n/an/a1,570,533
26,673,158n/an/a1,591,491
26,696,984n/an/a1,621,785
26,696,313n/an/a1,628,420
26,685,153n/an/a1,651,823
26,676,580n/an/a1,652,933
26,702,455n/an/a1,705,982
26,612,803n/an/a1,620,187
26,591,506n/an/a1,602,817
26,584,903n/an/a1,607,449
26,602,126n/an/a1,629,281
26,575,933n/an/a1,627,631
26,572,726n/an/a1,621,385
26,571,276n/an/a1,630,312
26,553,827n/an/a1,636,393
26,570,662n/an/a1,655,467
26,555,496n/an/a1,663,881
26,484,271n/an/a1,635,886
26,485,188n/an/a1,641,133
26,464,370n/an/a1,635,143
26,478,673n/an/a1,654,869
26,480,998n/an/a1,676,455
26,473,814n/an/a1,678,144
26,473,668n/an/a1,687,233
26,479,649n/an/a1,706,637
26,478,541n/an/a1,708,214
26,486,444n/an/a1,745,136
26,500,107n/an/a1,763,090
26,479,408n/an/a1,767,341
26,494,519n/an/a1,792,434
26,495,617n/an/a1,795,511
26,520,738n/an/a1,830,546
26,510,706n/an/a1,825,498
26,512,741n/an/a1,821,824
26,465,683n/an/a1,777,180
26,479,728n/an/a1,794,448
26,507,973n/an/a1,817,270
26,506,072n/an/a1,812,801
26,502,918n/an/a1,807,305
26,459,226n/an/a1,740,455
26,423,353n/an/a1,627,709
26,461,792n/an/a1,653,555
26,458,619n/an/a1,641,080
26,461,289n/an/a1,642,285
26,420,265n/an/a1,624,404
26,434,298n/an/a1,642,079
26,433,810n/an/a1,660,660
26,421,215n/an/a1,661,799
26,430,319n/an/a1,659,147
26,402,245n/an/a1,656,747
26,450,464n/an/a1,722,032
26,295,759n/an/a1,644,690
26,287,858n/an/a1,647,248
26,272,114n/an/a1,638,128
26,208,797n/an/a1,586,573
26,222,661n/an/a1,612,877
26,214,782n/an/a1,626,909
26,211,515n/an/a1,635,527
26,204,388n/an/a1,634,655
26,115,336n/an/a1,565,306
26,124,407n/an/a1,588,615
26,102,106n/an/a1,597,571
26,033,054n/an/a1,541,349
26,033,248n/an/a1,550,414
25,957,570n/an/a1,504,569
25,974,333n/an/a1,535,311
25,931,147n/an/a1,520,809
25,890,137n/an/a1,494,494
25,890,449n/an/a1,501,733
25,800,541n/an/a1,431,462
25,811,945n/an/a1,455,494
25,721,833n/an/a1,394,436
25,716,563n/an/a1,449,129
25,654,892n/an/a1,414,981
25,554,429n/an/a1,326,897
25,575,198n/an/a1,364,378
25,484,359n/an/a1,302,819
25,437,739n/an/a1,270,885
25,332,071n/an/a1,193,297
25,348,284n/an/a1,218,209
25,282,391n/an/a1,188,332
25,276,395n/an/a1,185,006
25,238,282n/an/a1,206,011
25,159,496n/an/a1,138,172
25,175,102n/an/a1,172,993
25,127,351n/an/a1,151,999
25,123,545n/an/a1,193,614
25,112,768n/an/a1,198,455
25,028,900n/an/a1,143,268
25,028,221n/an/a1,167,077
24,919,253n/an/a1,099,175
24,891,372n/an/a1,100,958
24,944,144n/an/a1,180,035
24,823,139n/an/a1,076,232
24,771,427n/an/a1,040,169
24,681,253n/an/a961,804
24,679,341n/an/a965,931
24,673,788n/an/a1,006,551
24,578,022n/an/a949,999
24,535,453n/an/a924,544
24,429,448n/an/a857,911
24,426,255n/an/a889,042
24,433,527n/an/a909,739
24,352,228n/an/a856,155
24,270,028n/an/a958,940
24,161,342n/an/a868,878
24,179,065n/an/a881,941
24,189,572n/an/a898,910
24,079,755n/an/a827,178
23,979,373n/an/a750,414
23,885,010n/an/a676,457
23,875,844n/an/a673,488
23,801,267n/an/a615,537
23,669,659n/an/a506,933
23,654,178n/an/a515,257
23,527,737n/an/a407,730
23,497,417n/an/a397,619
23,477,078n/an/a382,097
23,504,781n/an/a384,890
23,513,737n/an/a410,766
23,479,901n/an/a394,910
23,476,249n/an/a382,896
23,477,265n/an/a392,511
23,475,169n/an/a401,354
23,489,558n/an/a422,448
23,462,142n/an/a417,801
23,403,431n/an/a325,866
23,400,839n/an/a318,828
23,443,960n/an/a372,337
23,459,489n/an/a395,134
23,434,307n/an/a390,574
23,429,068n/an/a375,464
23,429,437n/an/a379,451
23,421,106n/an/a381,302
23,415,196n/an/a386,591
23,401,267n/an/a403,798
23,370,133n/an/a357,251
23,379,886n/an/a378,164
23,384,460n/an/a387,615
23,396,570n/an/a469,710
23,364,120n/an/a450,799
23,355,468n/an/a441,313
23,349,908n/an/a443,494
23,310,929n/an/a421,051
23,308,602n/an/a445,806
23,262,090n/an/a427,327
23,262,455n/an/a425,468
23,231,696n/an/a404,341
23,247,810n/an/a432,191
23,213,893n/an/a414,251
23,208,209n/an/a405,658
23,209,977n/an/a410,904
23,203,937n/an/a416,585
23,202,977n/an/a417,779
23,163,229n/an/a401,010
23,180,804n/an/a403,983
23,205,893n/an/a445,933
23,200,177n/an/a450,537
23,198,895n/an/a443,253
23,177,351n/an/a435,639
23,164,339n/an/a424,554
23,161,125n/an/a421,339
23,160,065n/an/a411,708
23,165,140n/an/a415,874
23,165,599n/an/a401,053
23,158,586n/an/a395,791
23,148,699n/an/a380,802
23,123,489n/an/a348,006
23,124,306n/an/a357,137
23,121,279n/an/a342,514
23,121,902n/an/a343,421
23,117,082n/an/a350,840
23,131,147n/an/a365,660
23,131,351n/an/a378,421
23,124,285n/an/a363,919
23,125,715n/an/a382,335

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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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