Sunday, August 19, 2012

U.S. Government's Foreign Debt Hits Record $5.29 Trillion | CNSNews.com

U.S. Government's Foreign Debt Hits Record $5.29 Trillion | CNSNews.com: (CNSNews.com) - The money the U.S. government owes to foreign entities rose to a record $5.2923 trillion in June, according to data released by the U.S. Treasury Wednesday afternoon.

In May, the U.S. Treasury had owed $5.2581 trillion to foreign entities. On net, in June, the U.S. government borrowed an additional $34.2 billion from foreign entities in order to fund U.S. government operations.

The U.S. government?s indebtedness to foreign interests has grown by 72.3 percent during President Barack Obama?s term in office. In January 2009, when Obama was inaugurated, the U.S. government owed $3.0717 trillion to foreign entities, according to the Treasury Department. That has increased by $2.2206 trillion?or 72.3 percent?to the record $5.2923 trillion reported for yesterday.

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