The U.S. federal debt has surpassed $39 trillion for the first time

2026-04-10 16:16:06

On Wednesday, the total U.S. national debt surpassed a historic high of $39 trillion, coinciding with just a few weeks before the U.S.-Israel coalition launched a war against Iran. The new data released by the U.S. Department of the Treasury on Wednesday shows that as of March 17, the total federal debt of the United States reached $39,016,762,910,245.14. This milestone of surpassing $39 trillion in U.S. federal debt occurred just about five months after it first reached $38 trillion in late October 2025; prior to that, in mid-August last year, this figure had just crossed the $37 trillion mark.

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