{"id":861824,"date":"2026-08-20T09:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T09:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/861824\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T09:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T09:04:08","slug":"us-national-debt-passes-40tn-after-doubling-in-a-decade-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/861824\/","title":{"rendered":"US national debt passes $40tn after doubling in a decade &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE1UVEl0cFNRSzBLd05WTHZoVFlNeGk5RkJkdXdlRUFTSW1vZ0daNHJ4NzRrMEJWc1pIVjRJQjJtODNKd3daRTR5eXkwZ1BRc1g3akdBRF82UXgzdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">US national debt passes $40tn after doubling in a decade<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMizAFBVV95cUxPNzdTYlNWUEhKQnhRbWd2TnA2ODNWNU9UWnZjYXRoVUVDUWpUempja003VTVHS0dTc0FjNjVFT1hqeEUwRVF0aHZzUVhFSFJCVHdpb0tiNUpEN09jN2g4VExQMUxsaDhwOW5YVUhPcjliZFlrNVRBeDU4TURKb0JpUUVGVzlsYThUZTU2Q1dUVjJMNkZianVPV2tNMkNxa3gtamFGMzg1ZDBvVXdxOVliMVhyNmVZakE5Nkdnam5nMHNxVTZ5MVlWeXF0VWQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trump\u2019s America faces a \u2018doom loop\u2019 as it falls in a $56 trillion hole<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;SMH.com.au<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMidkFVX3lxTFBtX2luVFNQRlNhdjdueDBlQnp0S1ZEWEtseVVjaTRRZUNhZ1U5T3FzeDR1b1NZcXVmTzRZVUVVYUJILW1wSzFoV3R2bm1odWt6eUN0eVRFWDdTX2oyT3FJTU9mSnBIcnZwSjNDak9XWkdUcmIzNXc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">US gross national debt tops $40tn for first time<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimgFBVV95cUxPZWpOU1RUSHlRbkozdjFNLW5mOXJsUHpLOWRVT2N5aGQzbl9zaVBjMU5jZG01ZmtFb0dLMkktaFE2TEdpdTU2M0lsSThoeDlWQmVaejVWa19xdVhOU3VtOEFnWG1fdjBuZFlwQWhEbDVkNm14YklNc0JkQU9adDE3MFBFWHlNbE1LZ0kwd0hkYllGTjlDOUFVVldB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">US national debt crosses $40 trillion threshold<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Canberra Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinwFBVV95cUxQX0syUURsd25oZ1hkM0FkZ1NoMW1tU19ZUVlHOE5rWkNjcWxvczZYb01sNVZ1VnRySzFwa2pGcUF0RFBhc0tGUW1jb0ZsZGI1U0pVQzBLNVpxLXNtY2tyQ0NtT0ZDQ0NyZ2Nsc3JINUdDY3dqdjBzcmJ4aFFISTEyZ0dfd0RmTm1vWnpPSE9OMTB5aUxPMjJjdGg3OVlVNGfSAaQBQVVfeXFMTzFOcEFsaUU0N1FsaXVmUzZOWURqdkY0Mmg3YWMwZ3lUdTFKRm1zdkJySGRkcndpQjNjeEg3eXpENTJWdmZXOVhyanFCOHBfNVVCVlY3dmZrTWUtYWhCY096czRJSGdTY3pCcm9VNVhEVWFQdXpRbUpvSzJ5UFVVWDZ5NklSUC1vSW95TVB5a0RmVmQtRktvMFdwR3NKeU5rdi1ZUXc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">U.S. government debt passes $40 trillion, more than doubling in a decade<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CNBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"US national debt passes $40tn after doubling in a decade&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCTrump\u2019s America faces a \u2018doom loop\u2019 as it falls&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":861825,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[64,63,99,164],"class_list":["post-861824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-business","tag-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=861824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/861825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=861824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=861824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=861824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}