Federal debt surpassed GDP for fiscal 2026

The national debt topped the entire gross domestic product (GDP) for fiscal 2026, based on new data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). From the fourth quarter of 2025 through the third quarter of this year, the country’s economic output was more than $32.2 trillion, according to the BEA’s non-seasonally adjusted statistics. As of...

The national debt topped the entire gross domestic product (GDP) for fiscal 2026, based on new data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). From the fourth quarter of 2025 through the third quarter of this year, the country’s economic output was more than $32.2 trillion, according to the BEA’s non-seasonally adjusted statistics. As of...