National Debt has increased $300 billion in one month

Discussion in 'Economics' started by The Kin, Sep 30, 2008.

  1. Date / Debt Held by the Public / Intragovernmental Holdings / Total Public Debt Outstanding
    08/29/2008 5,479,100,086,662.10 4,166,625,468,977.92 9,645,725,555,640.02
    09/02/2008 5,509,898,020,864.12 4,157,903,641,565.11 9,667,801,662,429.23
    09/03/2008 5,509,953,344,882.61 4,157,722,917,002.77 9,667,676,261,885.38
    09/04/2008 5,510,537,696,176.73 4,157,656,426,875.57 9,668,194,123,052.30
    09/05/2008 5,510,653,897,970.67 4,159,144,996,498.11 9,669,798,894,468.78
    09/08/2008 5,510,454,671,651.99 4,158,390,117,328.67 9,668,844,788,980.66
    09/09/2008 5,530,693,169,327.12 4,162,069,776,598.19 9,692,762,945,925.31
    09/10/2008 5,530,928,205,885.99 4,153,864,405,618.78 9,684,792,611,504.77
    09/11/2008 5,526,828,606,295.84 4,155,288,389,998.00 9,682,116,996,293.84
    09/12/2008 5,526,803,202,443.31 4,156,515,949,702.04 9,683,319,152,145.35
    09/15/2008 5,475,450,615,883.44 4,158,639,848,932.11 9,634,090,464,815.55
    09/16/2008 5,475,941,633,094.80 4,163,850,032,833.14 9,639,791,665,927.94
    09/17/2008 5,476,381,035,381.95 4,170,766,425,173.05 9,647,147,460,555.00
    09/18/2008 5,492,459,419,394.83 4,172,172,383,864.24 9,664,631,803,259.07
    09/19/2008 5,552,620,101,517.17 4,174,389,518,377.17 9,727,009,619,894.34
    09/22/2008 5,613,059,030,493.40 4,172,807,135,417.00 9,785,866,165,910.40
    09/23/2008 5,613,893,232,637.39 4,177,676,012,038.56 9,791,569,244,675.95
    09/24/2008 5,614,420,276,276.55 4,173,660,385,551.68 9,788,080,661,828.23
    09/25/2008 5,674,500,268,592.36 4,174,749,697,791.56 9,849,249,966,383.92
    09/26/2008 5,714,473,881,064.87 4,174,725,650,384.21 9,889,199,531,449.08
    09/29/2008 5,774,962,168,083.97 4,170,616,063,897.62 9,945,578,231,981.59

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    $300 Billion. No wonder the stock market crashed with all this money flowing out of stocks and into treasury bonds.
     
  2. The balance sheet of the FED increased about $218 BILLION in the week ended last Wednesday. They are now up over $1 Trillion dollars for the first time ever.

    Read this week's "Current Yield" column in Barron's.