03/16/2009, TreasuryDirect, The Debt to the Penny and Who Holds It

• Current Debt Held by the Public: 6,741,972,565,592.27
• Intragovernmental Holdings: 4,291,185,013,077.51
• Total Public Debt Outstanding: 11,033,157,578,669.78
• CBS News: “And the government is running up mountains of debt with increasing speed. It took just over 5½ months for Uncle Sam to go another trillion dollars deeper in debt since hitting $10-trillion last September 30th. It’s the fastest jump in U.S. history.”
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