{"id":574786,"date":"2026-08-20T11:36:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T11:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/574786\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T11:36:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T11:36:22","slug":"the-us-national-debt-now-stands-at-us40-trillion-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/574786\/","title":{"rendered":"The US national debt now stands at US$40 trillion &#8211; Stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijAFBVV95cUxQYUhBWkxYeXlxQ1ZPUjU3TG9PYTFTMlBzaWNrWThkQThRazV3ZlhfZXpwYUFvX3ZXME92WlJoVlJpNXhKNmdjWThRdkFIanJCcHNBcDRhZ19HZS00MGdLS2N6NUZBU3NzdXpVcXJ1ekRMcjZfcWRsSzdnWWU4S2hqUWNfa1dpSG84MlZYZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The US national debt now stands at US$40 trillion<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Stuff<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\/CBMiiAFBVV95cUxQNHNXZmZtd1lmeHg5S0dfY1Fjd1NjaEdsRUNzdDBCY29zN19YcU9fSmY5U184VmRNOWF3bVBXTWJnT1dhUTIwbnVhSUlUb1I3dG5rS3BJMUlsajlVQzN4ekVuWDZKdHhycTFfdmoyb1UtbFpHWkZpbFViOTR6R0FWQmE0cjg0dW1k?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">National debt reaches grim $40 trillion milestone. Here\u2019s why that matters<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CNN<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimwFBVV95cUxQSHlsMElpb1V4QXN0YUVsRHUtUXI2R0lpZzFuUGNHbEQtMzRpdnNnU0k5a0tWQ2NnS0t5NFVrazNVVUhNbWl2dmVPX3owMmR4QzJ5M1dhLXh6VmJzcWJhaXh1R3haYmtLUjgxNVAwLXJEUjlreWYyU0x0QnBhbDNFb3FSVVdmZ1NzNk5sblhoQkVxSjhMSkhZV3hUOA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">US debt tops $40trn as Treasury intervenes to calm bond markets<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Times<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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The US national debt now stands at US$40 trillion&nbsp;&nbsp;StuffUS national debt passes $40tn after doubling in a decade&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCNational&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":574787,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[138,219,111,43,139,69],"class_list":["post-574786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=574786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/574787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=574786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=574786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=574786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}