The US debt clock
The US Treasury reports the national debt at the end of every business day. This page moves that figure forward in real time, at the average pace of the last 30 days. Every number on this page names its source.
The US national debt is about $40,033,256,786,764.
Official Treasury figure: $40,033,256,786,764.37 on 2026-08-20. The live number projects that figure forward at the 30 day pace.
Who holds it
Government accounts means debt one part of the government owes another, mostly the Social Security trust funds.
The last 5 business days
Official end-of-day figures. Some days the debt falls; the clock follows the 30 day average, not single days.
| Aug 20, 2026 | $40.033T | +$20.6B |
| Aug 19, 2026 | $40.013T | −$34.7B |
| Aug 18, 2026 | $40.047T | +$60.8B |
| Aug 17, 2026 | $39.987T | +$53.0B |
| Aug 14, 2026 | $39.934T | −$1.2B |
The full record
Every month since 1993, from the Treasury’s daily ledger.
Source: US Treasury, Debt to the Penny. Monthly closing figure, 1993 to today.
Debt against the money supply
The government owes more than every dollar in cash and bank accounts combined. The debt is now 1.7x the M2 money supply.
The debt now runs well above the entire money supply. Sources: US Treasury, Federal Reserve M2 via FRED.
How this clock works
The Treasury publishes the exact debt for every business day in its Debt to the Penny dataset. We take the latest official figure and add the average daily change of the last 30 days, second by second. The pace uses calendar days, so weekends are already priced in. When the Treasury posts a new figure, the clock re-anchors to it within the hour.
Sources: Debt to the Penny, Average Interest Rates, Interest Expense (US Treasury), GDP and population from FRED. All feeds refresh on this page at least hourly.