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United States Government Debt 2021-12-31 16:00 America/New_York: data, chart, and analysis

United States Government Debt came in at 29,617.22 on Dec 31, 2021, compared with 28,428.92 previously. See the full release history, chart, Federal Reserve context, and API access for this series.

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Actual
29,617.22
Previous
28,428.92
Forecast
--
Reference period
2021-12-31

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United States Government Debt release chart

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United States Government Debt chart through 2021-12-31
USD Government Debt readings through 2021-12-31. Latest: 29,617.22.

Government Debt release read

United States Government Debt came in at 29,617.22 on Dec 31, 2021, compared with 28,428.92 previously. See the full release history, chart, Federal Reserve context, and API access for this series.

The parent Government Debt page shows the full time series for United States. This release page keeps the realised value, prior value, forecast, reference period, and publication time together for the individual announcement.

For USD event-risk work, the important read is whether this print changes the recent trend or simply extends it. Compare the actual value with the previous and forecast fields above, then use the raw JSON below for backtests keyed to the stable announcement ID.

Release data snapshot

The values below are the citation fields for this announcement.

Public release ID usd_government_debt_2021-12-31
Release time
2021-12-31 21:00 UTC
Reference period date 2021-12-31
Actual value 29,617.22
Previous value 28,428.92
Forecast --
Surprise --
Announcement timestamp 1640984400

API data for this announcement

The API endpoint returns the full United States Government Debt history. Clients can filter by date or match this row by announcement_id.

Forecasts live in the predictions endpoint and use the same announcement identifier where available. That is the preferred join key for realised values, forecast surprises, and release-event backtests.

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Newer release

2022-03-31 16:00 America/New_York · 30,400.96

Older release

2021-09-30 16:00 America/New_York · 28,428.92

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Raw announcement payload

Field names are preserved for traceability and downstream testing.

{
  "announcement_datetime": 1640984400,
  "announcement_id": "usd_government_debt_2021-12-31",
  "date": "2021-12-31",
  "previous_value": 28428.919,
  "release_time_assumed": true,
  "revisions": [
    {
      "epoch": 1640984400,
      "val": 29617.215
    }
  ],
  "val": 29617.215
}