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 "description": "Treasury auctions, the monthly deficit, Federal Reserve decisions, budget reports and debt milestones, generated from official data.",
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   "id": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/#cbo-61986",
   "url": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/2026/11/#cbo-61986",
   "external_url": "https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61986",
   "title": "Monthly Budget Review: Summary for Fiscal Year 2026",
   "content_text": "The Congressional Budget Office published “Monthly Budget Review: Summary for Fiscal Year 2026”. CBO's summary: “In fiscal year 2026, which ended on September 30, the federal budget deficit totaled $2.0 trillion—an increase of $217 billion (or 12 percent) from the deficit recorded in the previous year.” For reference: total public debt outstanding was $40.55 trillion on November 6, 2026.\n\nSource: Congressional Budget Office",
   "date_published": "2026-11-09T12:00:00Z",
   "tags": [
    "budget"
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/#gao-gao-27-108795",
   "url": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/2026/11/#gao-gao-27-108795",
   "external_url": "https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-27-108795",
   "title": "Financial Audit: Bureau of the Fiscal Service’s FY 2026 and FY 2025 Schedules of Federal Debt",
   "content_text": "The Government Accountability Office published “Financial Audit: Bureau of the Fiscal Service’s FY 2026 and FY 2025 Schedules of Federal Debt”. GAO's summary: “GAO found (1) the Bureau of the Fiscal Service’s Schedules of Federal Debt for fiscal years 2026 and 2025 are fairly presented in all material respects and (2) Fiscal Service maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial…” For reference: total public debt outstanding was $40.56 trillion on November 5, 2026.\n\nSource: US Government Accountability Office",
   "date_published": "2026-11-09T12:00:00Z",
   "tags": [
    "budget"
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/#week-2026-w45",
   "url": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/2026/11/#week-2026-w45",
   "external_url": "https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/datasets/debt-to-the-penny/",
   "title": "US debt rose $31.6 billion in the week to November 5, 2026",
   "content_text": "Total public debt outstanding was $40.56 trillion on November 5, 2026, up $31.6 billion from $40.52 trillion on October 30, 2026. Over the 30 days to November 5, 2026 it rose $283 billion, an average of $9.4 billion a day. Since fiscal year 2027 began on October 1, 2026, it has risen $384 billion.\n\nSource: US Treasury — Debt to the Penny",
   "date_published": "2026-11-05T12:00:00Z",
   "tags": [
    "debt"
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/#treasury-sb0678",
   "url": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/2026/11/#treasury-sb0678",
   "external_url": "https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0678/",
   "title": "Quarterly Refunding Statement of Assistant Secretary for Financial Markets Hunter McMaster",
   "content_text": "The Treasury published its quarterly refunding statement, which sets the sizes of upcoming note and bond auctions and explains its borrowing plans. For reference: total public debt outstanding was $40.50 trillion on November 2, 2026, of which $32.72 trillion was held by the public.\n\nSource: US Department of the Treasury",
   "date_published": "2026-11-04T12:00:00Z",
   "tags": [
    "debt"
   ]
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  {
   "id": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/#treasury-sb0679",
   "url": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/2026/11/#treasury-sb0679",
   "external_url": "https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0679/",
   "title": "Report to the Secretary of the Treasury from the Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee",
   "content_text": "The Treasury published material from the Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee, a group of bond market participants that advises it on debt management. For reference: total public debt outstanding was $40.50 trillion on November 2, 2026, of which $32.72 trillion was held by the public.\n\nSource: US Department of the Treasury",
   "date_published": "2026-11-04T12:00:00Z",
   "tags": [
    "debt"
   ]
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  {
   "id": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/#treasury-sb0680",
   "url": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/2026/11/#treasury-sb0680",
   "external_url": "https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0680/",
   "title": "Minutes of the Meeting of the Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee November 3, 2026",
   "content_text": "The Treasury published material from the Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee, a group of bond market participants that advises it on debt management. For reference: total public debt outstanding was $40.50 trillion on November 2, 2026, of which $32.72 trillion was held by the public.\n\nSource: US Department of the Treasury",
   "date_published": "2026-11-04T12:00:00Z",
   "tags": [
    "debt"
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/#treasury-sb0675",
   "url": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/2026/11/#treasury-sb0675",
   "external_url": "https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0675/",
   "title": "Treasury Announces Marketable Borrowing Estimates",
   "content_text": "The Treasury published its estimate of how much it expects to borrow in marketable debt this quarter and next. For reference: total public debt outstanding was $40.59 trillion on October 29, 2026, of which $32.71 trillion was held by the public.\n\nSource: US Department of the Treasury",
   "date_published": "2026-11-02T12:00:00Z",
   "tags": [
    "debt"
   ]
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  {
   "id": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/#treasury-sb0676",
   "url": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/2026/11/#treasury-sb0676",
   "external_url": "https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0676/",
   "title": "Economy Statement for the Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee",
   "content_text": "The Treasury published material from the Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee, a group of bond market participants that advises it on debt management. For reference: total public debt outstanding was $40.59 trillion on October 29, 2026, of which $32.71 trillion was held by the public.\n\nSource: US Department of the Treasury",
   "date_published": "2026-11-02T12:00:00Z",
   "tags": [
    "debt"
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/#fed-holdings-2026-10",
   "url": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/2026/11/#fed-holdings-2026-10",
   "external_url": "https://www.newyorkfed.org/markets/soma-holdings",
   "title": "Fed's Treasury holdings rose $11.8 billion in October 2026",
   "content_text": "The Federal Reserve held $4.47 trillion of US Treasury securities in its last weekly report of October 2026 (October 28, 2026), up $11.8 billion from $4.46 trillion on September 30, 2026. Its holdings peaked at $5.68 trillion on April 20, 2022.\n\nSource: Federal Reserve Bank of New York — SOMA holdings",
   "date_published": "2026-11-01T12:00:00Z",
   "tags": [
    "fed"
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/#repricing-2026-10",
   "url": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/2026/10/#repricing-2026-10",
   "external_url": "https://home.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/interest-rates/TextView?type=daily_treasury_yield_curve",
   "title": "Treasury pays 3.58% on its debt and 4.94% on new ten-year borrowing",
   "content_text": "At the end of October 2026 the average rate across all interest-bearing debt was 3.580%. On October 30, 2026 the Treasury yield curve ran from 4.06% to 5.34%, with the ten-year at 4.94% and the thirty-year at 5.31%. New ten-year borrowing therefore costs 136 basis points more than the average already being paid, and maturing securities are refinanced at the new rate. The published average excludes inflation-protected and floating rate securities.\n\nSource: US Treasury — Daily Treasury Par Yield Curve Rates",
   "date_published": "2026-10-31T12:00:00Z",
   "tags": [
    "debt"
   ]
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  {
   "id": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/#avg-rate-2026-10",
   "url": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/2026/10/#avg-rate-2026-10",
   "external_url": "https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/datasets/average-interest-rates-treasury-securities/",
   "title": "The average interest rate on the US debt rose to 3.580% in October 2026",
   "content_text": "Treasury paid an average of 3.580% across all interest-bearing debt at the end of October 2026, up 5 basis points from 3.531% a month earlier. Twelve months earlier it was 3.355%, a change of plus 23 basis points. Marketable debt, the part sold at auction, averaged 3.570%. The average moves as maturing securities are replaced at current rates, which is why it can rise in a month when the debt itself barely changes.\n\nSource: US Treasury — Average interest rates on Treasury securities",
   "date_published": "2026-10-31T12:00:00Z",
   "tags": [
    "debt"
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/#week-2026-w44",
   "url": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/2026/10/#week-2026-w44",
   "external_url": "https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/datasets/debt-to-the-penny/",
   "title": "US debt rose $130 billion in the week to October 29, 2026",
   "content_text": "Total public debt outstanding was $40.59 trillion on October 29, 2026, up $130 billion from $40.46 trillion on October 23, 2026. Over the 30 days to October 29, 2026 it rose $497 billion, an average of $16.6 billion a day. Since fiscal year 2027 began on October 1, 2026, it has risen $422 billion.\n\nSource: US Treasury — Debt to the Penny",
   "date_published": "2026-10-29T12:00:00Z",
   "tags": [
    "debt"
   ]
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  {
   "id": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/#fedboard-monetary20261028a",
   "url": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/2026/10/#fedboard-monetary20261028a",
   "external_url": "https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/monetary20261028a.htm",
   "title": "Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement",
   "content_text": "The Federal Open Market Committee published its policy statement. The statement sets the target range for the federal funds rate, which influences what the Treasury pays on newly issued short-term debt. For reference: the federal funds target range was 3.75–4% and the effective rate 3.88% on October 27, 2026, the latest New York Fed figures when this item was published.\n\nSource: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System",
   "date_published": "2026-10-28T12:00:00Z",
   "tags": [
    "fed"
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  {
   "id": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/#cbo-62795",
   "url": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/2026/10/#cbo-62795",
   "external_url": "https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62795",
   "title": "Information Sources for Policymakers: Congressional Budget Office 101",
   "content_text": "The Congressional Budget Office published “Information Sources for Policymakers: Congressional Budget Office 101”. CBO's summary: “Presentation by Lara Robillard, an analyst in CBO's Budget Analysis Division, at AcademyHealth's 2026 Health Policy Orientation.” For reference: total public debt outstanding was $40.58 trillion on October 27, 2026.\n\nSource: Congressional Budget Office",
   "date_published": "2026-10-28T12:00:00Z",
   "tags": [
    "budget"
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  {
   "id": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/#cbo-62881",
   "url": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/2026/10/#cbo-62881",
   "external_url": "https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62881",
   "title": "Estimated Budgetary Effects of S. 5526, the Agricultural Act of 2026",
   "content_text": "The Congressional Budget Office published “Estimated Budgetary Effects of S. 5526, the Agricultural Act of 2026”. CBO's summary: “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry on September 16, 2026” For reference: total public debt outstanding was $40.53 trillion on October 26, 2026.\n\nSource: Congressional Budget Office",
   "date_published": "2026-10-28T12:00:00Z",
   "tags": [
    "budget"
   ]
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  {
   "id": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/#cbo-62778",
   "url": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/2026/10/#cbo-62778",
   "external_url": "https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62778",
   "title": "A Primer on CBO's Projections of Federal Receipts and Expenditures in the National Income and Product Accounts",
   "content_text": "The Congressional Budget Office published “A Primer on CBO's Projections of Federal Receipts and Expenditures in the National Income and Product Accounts”. CBO's summary: “CBO explains the differences between revenues, outlays, and deficits in the federal budget and the corresponding measures of federal receipts, expenditures, and saving in the national income and product accounts.” For reference: total public debt outstanding was $40.46 trillion on October 23, 2026.\n\nSource: Congressional Budget Office",
   "date_published": "2026-10-26T12:00:00Z",
   "tags": [
    "budget"
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  {
   "id": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/#cbo-62876",
   "url": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/2026/10/#cbo-62876",
   "external_url": "https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62876",
   "title": "CBO's Projections of Federal Receipts and Expenditures in the National Income and Product Accounts: 2026 to 2036",
   "content_text": "The Congressional Budget Office published “CBO's Projections of Federal Receipts and Expenditures in the National Income and Product Accounts: 2026 to 2036”. CBO's summary: “CBO presents its projections of revenues and outlays for the 2026–2036 period translated into projections of current federal receipts and expenditures in the national income and product accounts.” For reference: total public debt outstanding was $40.46 trillion on October 23, 2026.\n\nSource: Congressional Budget Office",
   "date_published": "2026-10-26T12:00:00Z",
   "tags": [
    "budget"
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  {
   "id": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/#states-unemployment-september-2026",
   "url": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/2026/10/#states-unemployment-september-2026",
   "external_url": "https://www.bls.gov/lau/",
   "title": "State unemployment rates for September 2026: highest in California",
   "content_text": "New Bureau of Labor Statistics figures for September 2026 put the highest seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in California (5.1%) and the lowest in South Dakota (2.0%). The state table has been updated.\n\nSource: US Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics",
   "date_published": "2026-10-26T12:00:00Z",
   "tags": [
    "states"
   ]
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  {
   "id": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/#week-ahead-2026-w44",
   "url": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/2026/10/#week-ahead-2026-w44",
   "external_url": "https://www.treasurydirect.gov/auctions/auction-query/",
   "title": "The week ahead: Fed meeting from October 26, 2026",
   "content_text": "The Federal Open Market Committee meets October 27, 2026 to October 28, 2026. Dates and amounts are as announced by Treasury and the Federal Reserve and can change.\n\nSource: US Treasury — Auction results (TreasuryDirect)",
   "date_published": "2026-10-25T12:00:00Z",
   "tags": [
    "auctions"
   ]
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  {
   "id": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/#week-2026-w43",
   "url": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/2026/10/#week-2026-w43",
   "external_url": "https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/datasets/debt-to-the-penny/",
   "title": "US debt rose $56.8 billion in the week to October 22, 2026",
   "content_text": "Total public debt outstanding was $40.44 trillion on October 22, 2026, up $56.8 billion from $40.39 trillion on October 16, 2026. Over the 30 days to October 22, 2026 it rose $347 billion, an average of $11.6 billion a day. Since fiscal year 2027 began on October 1, 2026, it has risen $273 billion.\n\nSource: US Treasury — Debt to the Penny",
   "date_published": "2026-10-22T12:00:00Z",
   "tags": [
    "debt"
   ]
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  {
   "id": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/#week-ahead-2026-w43",
   "url": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/2026/10/#week-ahead-2026-w43",
   "external_url": "https://www.treasurydirect.gov/auctions/auction-query/",
   "title": "The week ahead: 5 Treasury auctions from October 19, 2026",
   "content_text": "Treasury has 5 auctions scheduled across 13-week bill, 26-week bill, 6-week bill, 20-year bond, 5-year TIPS. Dates and amounts are as announced by Treasury and the Federal Reserve and can change.\n\nSource: US Treasury — Auction results (TreasuryDirect)",
   "date_published": "2026-10-18T12:00:00Z",
   "tags": [
    "auctions"
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/#deficit-2026-09",
   "url": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/2026/10/#deficit-2026-09",
   "external_url": "https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/datasets/monthly-treasury-statement/",
   "title": "Federal deficit reaches $1.99 trillion in the first 12 months of fiscal 2026",
   "content_text": "The Monthly Treasury Statement for September 2026 shows a deficit of $1.99 trillion for fiscal year 2026 so far, compared with a deficit of $1.78 trillion in the same months a year earlier ($217 billion more). Receipts were $5.40 trillion and outlays $7.40 trillion. In September alone the government ran a deficit of $26.9 billion, against a surplus of $198 billion in September 2025.\n\nSource: US Treasury — Monthly Treasury Statement",
   "date_published": "2026-10-16T12:00:00Z",
   "tags": [
    "budget"
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/#week-2026-w42",
   "url": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/2026/10/#week-2026-w42",
   "external_url": "https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/datasets/debt-to-the-penny/",
   "title": "US debt rose $86.8 billion in the week to October 15, 2026",
   "content_text": "Total public debt outstanding was $40.39 trillion on October 15, 2026, up $86.8 billion from $40.30 trillion on October 9, 2026. Over the 30 days to October 15, 2026 it rose $274 billion, an average of $9.1 billion a day. Since fiscal year 2027 began on October 1, 2026, it has risen $216 billion.\n\nSource: US Treasury — Debt to the Penny",
   "date_published": "2026-10-15T12:00:00Z",
   "tags": [
    "debt"
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/#week-ahead-2026-w42",
   "url": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/2026/10/#week-ahead-2026-w42",
   "external_url": "https://www.treasurydirect.gov/auctions/auction-query/",
   "title": "The week ahead: 3 Treasury auctions from October 12, 2026",
   "content_text": "Treasury has 3 auctions scheduled across 6-week bill, 13-week bill, 26-week bill. Dates and amounts are as announced by Treasury and the Federal Reserve and can change.\n\nSource: US Treasury — Auction results (TreasuryDirect)",
   "date_published": "2026-10-11T12:00:00Z",
   "tags": [
    "auctions"
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/#auction-912810uw6-2026-10-08",
   "url": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/2026/10/#auction-912810uw6-2026-10-08",
   "external_url": "https://www.treasurydirect.gov/auctions/auction-query/",
   "title": "30-year bond auction: 5.618% high yield, bid-to-cover 2.54",
   "content_text": "The Treasury sold $22.5 billion of 30-year bond securities on October 8, 2026, reopening an existing issue with 29-year 10-month remaining. The high yield was 5.618%, 31 basis points higher than the 5.308% at the previous 30-year bond auction on September 10, 2026. Bids came to 2.54 times the amount sold (previous auction: 2.61). Indirect bidders, a group that includes foreign central banks, were awarded 72.3% of the competitive amount; primary dealers, who must bid, took 6.8%.\n\nSource: US Treasury — Auction results (TreasuryDirect), CUSIP 912810UW6, auctioned October 8, 2026",
   "date_published": "2026-10-08T12:00:00Z",
   "tags": [
    "auctions"
   ]
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  {
   "id": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/#cbo-61985",
   "url": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/2026/10/#cbo-61985",
   "external_url": "https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61985",
   "title": "Monthly Budget Review: September 2026",
   "content_text": "The Congressional Budget Office published “Monthly Budget Review: September 2026”. CBO's summary: “The federal budget deficit totaled $2.0 trillion in fiscal year 2026, CBO estimates, $218 billion more than the deficit recorded in fiscal year 2025.” For reference: total public debt outstanding was $40.28 trillion on October 7, 2026.\n\nSource: Congressional Budget Office",
   "date_published": "2026-10-08T12:00:00Z",
   "tags": [
    "budget"
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/#week-2026-w41",
   "url": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/2026/10/#week-2026-w41",
   "external_url": "https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/datasets/debt-to-the-penny/",
   "title": "US debt rose $62.9 billion in the week to October 8, 2026",
   "content_text": "Total public debt outstanding was $40.31 trillion on October 8, 2026, up $62.9 billion from $40.24 trillion on October 2, 2026. Over the 30 days to October 8, 2026 it rose $221 billion, an average of $7.4 billion a day. Since fiscal year 2027 began on October 1, 2026, it has risen $133 billion.\n\nSource: US Treasury — Debt to the Penny",
   "date_published": "2026-10-08T12:00:00Z",
   "tags": [
    "debt"
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/#cbo-62809",
   "url": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/2026/10/#cbo-62809",
   "external_url": "https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62809",
   "title": "Projections of Deficits and Debt Under Two Scenarios With Higher Interest Rates",
   "content_text": "The Congressional Budget Office published “Projections of Deficits and Debt Under Two Scenarios With Higher Interest Rates”. CBO's summary: “CBO analyzed the budgetary outcomes under two alternative scenarios in which interest rates are higher than those underlying CBO's February 2026 baseline.” For reference: total public debt outstanding was $40.28 trillion on October 7, 2026.\n\nSource: Congressional Budget Office",
   "date_published": "2026-10-08T12:00:00Z",
   "tags": [
    "budget"
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/#auction-91282crf0-2026-10-07",
   "url": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/2026/10/#auction-91282crf0-2026-10-07",
   "external_url": "https://www.treasurydirect.gov/auctions/auction-query/",
   "title": "10-year note auction: 5.300% high yield, bid-to-cover 2.77",
   "content_text": "The Treasury sold $39.9 billion of 10-year note securities on October 7, 2026, reopening an existing issue with 9-year 10-month remaining. The high yield was 5.300%, 47 basis points higher than the 4.834% at the previous 10-year note auction on September 9, 2026. Bids came to 2.77 times the amount sold (previous auction: 2.71). Indirect bidders, a group that includes foreign central banks, were awarded 80.3% of the competitive amount; primary dealers, who must bid, took 2.5%.\n\nSource: US Treasury — Auction results (TreasuryDirect), CUSIP 91282CRF0, auctioned October 7, 2026",
   "date_published": "2026-10-07T12:00:00Z",
   "tags": [
    "auctions"
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/#fedboard-monetary20261007a",
   "url": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/2026/10/#fedboard-monetary20261007a",
   "external_url": "https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/monetary20261007a.htm",
   "title": "Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee, September 15-16, 2026",
   "content_text": "The Federal Reserve published the minutes of a Federal Open Market Committee meeting, which record the discussion behind the rate decision in more detail than the statement. For reference: the federal funds target range was 3.75–4% and the effective rate 3.88% on October 6, 2026, the latest New York Fed figures when this item was published.\n\nSource: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System",
   "date_published": "2026-10-07T12:00:00Z",
   "tags": [
    "fed"
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/#auction-91282crq6-2026-10-06",
   "url": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/2026/10/#auction-91282crq6-2026-10-06",
   "external_url": "https://www.treasurydirect.gov/auctions/auction-query/",
   "title": "3-year note auction: 4.932% high yield, bid-to-cover 2.62",
   "content_text": "The Treasury sold $59.4 billion of 3-year note securities on October 6, 2026. The high yield was 4.932%, 46 basis points higher than the 4.474% at the previous 3-year note auction on September 8, 2026. Bids came to 2.62 times the amount sold (previous auction: 2.72). Indirect bidders, a group that includes foreign central banks, were awarded 57.6% of the competitive amount; primary dealers, who must bid, took 10.7%.\n\nSource: US Treasury — Auction results (TreasuryDirect), CUSIP 91282CRQ6, auctioned October 6, 2026",
   "date_published": "2026-10-06T12:00:00Z",
   "tags": [
    "auctions"
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/#cbo-62554",
   "url": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/2026/10/#cbo-62554",
   "external_url": "https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62554",
   "title": "How Spending for Flood Adaptations Affects the Federal Budget",
   "content_text": "The Congressional Budget Office published “How Spending for Flood Adaptations Affects the Federal Budget”. CBO's summary: “CBO examines how spending for flood adaptations today might affect the federal government's potential costs for disaster relief later, and what households are likely to pay for flood insurance that is subsidized by the federal government.” For reference: total public debt outstanding was $40.25 trillion on October 5, 2026.\n\nSource: Congressional Budget Office",
   "date_published": "2026-10-06T12:00:00Z",
   "tags": [
    "budget"
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/#week-ahead-2026-w41",
   "url": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/2026/10/#week-ahead-2026-w41",
   "external_url": "https://www.treasurydirect.gov/auctions/auction-query/",
   "title": "The week ahead: 5 Treasury auctions from October 5, 2026",
   "content_text": "Treasury has 5 auctions scheduled across 17-week bill, 10-year note, 4-week bill, 8-week bill, 30-year bond. Dates and amounts are as announced by Treasury and the Federal Reserve and can change.\n\nSource: US Treasury — Auction results (TreasuryDirect)",
   "date_published": "2026-10-04T12:00:00Z",
   "tags": [
    "auctions"
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/#week-2026-w40",
   "url": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/2026/10/#week-2026-w40",
   "external_url": "https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/datasets/debt-to-the-penny/",
   "title": "US debt rose $145 billion in the week to October 2, 2026",
   "content_text": "Total public debt outstanding was $40.24 trillion on October 2, 2026, up $145 billion from $40.10 trillion on September 25, 2026. Over the 30 days to October 2, 2026 it rose $125 billion, an average of $4.2 billion a day. Since fiscal year 2027 began on October 1, 2026, it has risen $70.6 billion.\n\nSource: US Treasury — Debt to the Penny",
   "date_published": "2026-10-02T12:00:00Z",
   "tags": [
    "debt"
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/#fed-holdings-2026-09",
   "url": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/2026/10/#fed-holdings-2026-09",
   "external_url": "https://www.newyorkfed.org/markets/soma-holdings",
   "title": "Fed's Treasury holdings rose $18.2 billion in September 2026",
   "content_text": "The Federal Reserve held $4.46 trillion of US Treasury securities in its last weekly report of September 2026 (September 30, 2026), up $18.2 billion from $4.44 trillion on August 26, 2026. Its holdings peaked at $5.68 trillion on April 20, 2022.\n\nSource: Federal Reserve Bank of New York — SOMA holdings",
   "date_published": "2026-10-01T12:00:00Z",
   "tags": [
    "fed"
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/#repricing-2026-09",
   "url": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/2026/09/#repricing-2026-09",
   "external_url": "https://home.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/interest-rates/TextView?type=daily_treasury_yield_curve",
   "title": "Treasury pays 3.53% on its debt and 5.29% on new ten-year borrowing",
   "content_text": "At the end of September 2026 the average rate across all interest-bearing debt was 3.531%. On September 30, 2026 the Treasury yield curve ran from 4.02% to 5.68%, with the ten-year at 5.29% and the thirty-year at 5.64%. New ten-year borrowing therefore costs 176 basis points more than the average already being paid, and maturing securities are refinanced at the new rate. The published average excludes inflation-protected and floating rate securities.\n\nSource: US Treasury — Daily Treasury Par Yield Curve Rates",
   "date_published": "2026-09-30T12:00:00Z",
   "tags": [
    "debt"
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/#avg-rate-2026-09",
   "url": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/2026/09/#avg-rate-2026-09",
   "external_url": "https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/datasets/average-interest-rates-treasury-securities/",
   "title": "The average interest rate on the US debt rose to 3.531% in September 2026",
   "content_text": "Treasury paid an average of 3.531% across all interest-bearing debt at the end of September 2026, up 4 basis points from 3.490% a month earlier. Twelve months earlier it was 3.363%, a change of plus 17 basis points. Marketable debt, the part sold at auction, averaged 3.518%. The average moves as maturing securities are replaced at current rates, which is why it can rise in a month when the debt itself barely changes.\n\nSource: US Treasury — Average interest rates on Treasury securities",
   "date_published": "2026-09-30T12:00:00Z",
   "tags": [
    "debt"
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/#week-ahead-2026-w40",
   "url": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/2026/09/#week-ahead-2026-w40",
   "external_url": "https://www.treasurydirect.gov/auctions/auction-query/",
   "title": "The week ahead: 4 Treasury auctions from September 28, 2026",
   "content_text": "Treasury has 4 auctions scheduled across 13-week bill, 26-week bill, 6-week bill, 52-week bill. Dates and amounts are as announced by Treasury and the Federal Reserve and can change.\n\nSource: US Treasury — Auction results (TreasuryDirect)",
   "date_published": "2026-09-27T12:00:00Z",
   "tags": [
    "auctions"
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/#week-2026-w39",
   "url": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/2026/09/#week-2026-w39",
   "external_url": "https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/datasets/debt-to-the-penny/",
   "title": "US debt fell $4.3 billion in the week to September 25, 2026",
   "content_text": "Total public debt outstanding was $40.10 trillion on September 25, 2026, down $4.3 billion from $40.10 trillion on September 18, 2026. Over the 30 days to September 25, 2026 it rose $27.4 billion, an average of $914 million a day. Since fiscal year 2026 began on October 1, 2025, it has risen $2.46 trillion.\n\nSource: US Treasury — Debt to the Penny",
   "date_published": "2026-09-25T12:00:00Z",
   "tags": [
    "debt"
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/#auction-91282crm5-2026-09-24",
   "url": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/2026/09/#auction-91282crm5-2026-09-24",
   "external_url": "https://www.treasurydirect.gov/auctions/auction-query/",
   "title": "7-year note auction: 5.085% high yield, bid-to-cover 2.42",
   "content_text": "The Treasury sold $50.6 billion of 7-year note securities on September 24, 2026. The high yield was 5.085%, 57 basis points higher than the 4.512% at the previous 7-year note auction on August 27, 2026. Bids came to 2.42 times the amount sold (previous auction: 2.50). Indirect bidders, a group that includes foreign central banks, were awarded 57.2% of the competitive amount; primary dealers, who must bid, took 12.5%.\n\nSource: US Treasury — Auction results (TreasuryDirect), CUSIP 91282CRM5, auctioned September 24, 2026",
   "date_published": "2026-09-24T12:00:00Z",
   "tags": [
    "auctions"
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/#cbo-62758",
   "url": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/2026/09/#cbo-62758",
   "external_url": "https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62758",
   "title": "Projections of Deficits and Debt Under Alternative Scenarios for Interest Rates and the Budget",
   "content_text": "The Congressional Budget Office published “Projections of Deficits and Debt Under Alternative Scenarios for Interest Rates and the Budget”. CBO's summary: “CBO responds to a request for an analysis of projected deficits and debt under a scenario with higher interest rates and a scenario with a constant debt-to-GDP ratio.” For reference: total public debt outstanding was $40.07 trillion on September 23, 2026.\n\nSource: Congressional Budget Office",
   "date_published": "2026-09-24T12:00:00Z",
   "tags": [
    "budget"
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/#auction-91282crn3-2026-09-23",
   "url": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/2026/09/#auction-91282crn3-2026-09-23",
   "external_url": "https://www.treasurydirect.gov/auctions/auction-query/",
   "title": "5-year note auction: 5.033% high yield, bid-to-cover 2.21",
   "content_text": "The Treasury sold $80.5 billion of 5-year note securities on September 23, 2026. The high yield was 5.033%, 64 basis points higher than the 4.393% at the previous 5-year note auction on August 26, 2026. Bids came to 2.21 times the amount sold (previous auction: 2.37). Indirect bidders, a group that includes foreign central banks, were awarded 54.3% of the competitive amount; primary dealers, who must bid, took 15.8%.\n\nSource: US Treasury — Auction results (TreasuryDirect), CUSIP 91282CRN3, auctioned September 23, 2026",
   "date_published": "2026-09-23T12:00:00Z",
   "tags": [
    "auctions"
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/#auction-91282crp8-2026-09-22",
   "url": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/2026/09/#auction-91282crp8-2026-09-22",
   "external_url": "https://www.treasurydirect.gov/auctions/auction-query/",
   "title": "2-year note auction: 4.787% high yield, bid-to-cover 2.63",
   "content_text": "The Treasury sold $79.4 billion of 2-year note securities on September 22, 2026. The high yield was 4.787%, 58 basis points higher than the 4.204% at the previous 2-year note auction on August 25, 2026. Bids came to 2.63 times the amount sold (previous auction: 2.60). Indirect bidders, a group that includes foreign central banks, were awarded 57.8% of the competitive amount; primary dealers, who must bid, took 13.2%.\n\nSource: US Treasury — Auction results (TreasuryDirect), CUSIP 91282CRP8, auctioned September 22, 2026",
   "date_published": "2026-09-22T12:00:00Z",
   "tags": [
    "auctions"
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/#states-unemployment-august-2026",
   "url": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/2026/09/#states-unemployment-august-2026",
   "external_url": "https://www.bls.gov/lau/",
   "title": "State unemployment rates for August 2026: highest in Oregon",
   "content_text": "New Bureau of Labor Statistics figures for August 2026 put the highest seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Oregon (5.1%) and the lowest in South Dakota (2.0%). The state table has been updated.\n\nSource: US Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics",
   "date_published": "2026-09-21T12:00:00Z",
   "tags": [
    "states"
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/#week-2026-w38",
   "url": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/2026/09/#week-2026-w38",
   "external_url": "https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/datasets/debt-to-the-penny/",
   "title": "US debt rose $55.3 billion in the week to September 18, 2026",
   "content_text": "Total public debt outstanding was $40.10 trillion on September 18, 2026, up $55.3 billion from $40.05 trillion on September 11, 2026. Over the 30 days to September 18, 2026 it rose $88.8 billion, an average of $3.0 billion a day. Since fiscal year 2026 began on October 1, 2025, it has risen $2.46 trillion.\n\nSource: US Treasury — Debt to the Penny",
   "date_published": "2026-09-18T12:00:00Z",
   "tags": [
    "debt"
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/#rate-2026-09-17",
   "url": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/2026/09/#rate-2026-09-17",
   "external_url": "https://www.newyorkfed.org/markets/reference-rates/effr",
   "title": "Fed raises its rate target by 25 basis points to 3.75–4%",
   "content_text": "New York Fed reference rate data for September 17, 2026 show a federal funds target range of 3.75–4%, up from 3.5–3.75%. The effective federal funds rate was 3.88%. Interest on newly issued Treasury bills tends to follow this rate, which feeds through to what the government pays on its debt.\n\nSource: Federal Reserve Bank of New York — Effective federal funds rate",
   "date_published": "2026-09-17T12:00:00Z",
   "tags": [
    "fed"
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/#cbo-62556",
   "url": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/2026/09/#cbo-62556",
   "external_url": "https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62556",
   "title": "CBO's 2026 Long-Term Projections for Social Security",
   "content_text": "The Congressional Budget Office published “CBO's 2026 Long-Term Projections for Social Security”. CBO's summary: “In CBO's projections, the gap between Social Security's outlays and revenues generally widens over the next 75 years, and the balance of the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund is exhausted in fiscal year 2032.” For reference: total public debt outstanding was $40.09 trillion on September 16, 2026.\n\nSource: Congressional Budget Office",
   "date_published": "2026-09-17T12:00:00Z",
   "tags": [
    "budget"
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/#auction-91282cre3-2026-09-17",
   "url": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/2026/09/#auction-91282cre3-2026-09-17",
   "external_url": "https://www.treasurydirect.gov/auctions/auction-query/",
   "title": "10-year TIPS auction: 2.653% high real yield, bid-to-cover 2.24",
   "content_text": "The Treasury sold $21.9 billion of 10-year TIPS securities on September 17, 2026, reopening an existing issue with 9-year 10-month remaining. The high real yield was 2.653%, 21 basis points higher than the 2.438% at the previous 10-year TIPS auction on July 23, 2026. Bids came to 2.24 times the amount sold (previous auction: 2.30). Indirect bidders, a group that includes foreign central banks, were awarded 59.1% of the competitive amount; primary dealers, who must bid, took 12.2%.\n\nSource: US Treasury — Auction results (TreasuryDirect), CUSIP 91282CRE3, auctioned September 17, 2026",
   "date_published": "2026-09-17T12:00:00Z",
   "tags": [
    "auctions"
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/#fedboard-monetary20260916a",
   "url": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/2026/09/#fedboard-monetary20260916a",
   "external_url": "https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/monetary20260916a.htm",
   "title": "Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement",
   "content_text": "The Federal Open Market Committee published its policy statement. The statement sets the target range for the federal funds rate, which influences what the Treasury pays on newly issued short-term debt. For reference: the federal funds target range was 3.75–4% and the effective rate 3.88% on October 6, 2026, the latest New York Fed figures when this item was published.\n\nSource: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System",
   "date_published": "2026-09-16T12:00:00Z",
   "tags": [
    "fed"
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/#fedboard-monetary20260916b",
   "url": "https://nationaldebtfacts.com/news/2026/09/#fedboard-monetary20260916b",
   "external_url": "https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/monetary20260916b.htm",
   "title": "Federal Reserve Board and Federal Open Market Committee release economic projections from the September 15-16 FOMC meeting",
   "content_text": "The Federal Reserve published the economic projections of Federal Open Market Committee participants, including their expectations for the federal funds rate. For reference: the federal funds target range was 3.75–4% and the effective rate 3.88% on October 6, 2026, the latest New York Fed figures when this item was published.\n\nSource: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System",
   "date_published": "2026-09-16T12:00:00Z",
   "tags": [
    "fed"
   ]
  }
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}