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The U.S. national debt : background, issues, significance

Charlotte G. Wilson, Emily O. Brown

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Preface The Federal Government Debt: Its Size & Economic Significance The Debt Limit: History & Recent Increases Legislative Procedures for Adjusting the Public Debt Limit: A Brief Overview Developing Debt-Limit Legislation: The House's Gephardt Rule Interest Payments on the Federal Debt: A Primer Foreign Holding of Federal Debt Debt Management: Treasury Was Able to Fund Economic Stabilization & Recovery Expenditures in a Short Period of Time, but Debt Management Challenges Remain The National Debt: Who Bears its Burden? How Treasury Issues Debt Ebbs & Flows of Federal Debt Index.

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Preface The Federal Government Debt: Its Size & Economic Significance The Debt Limit: History & Recent Increases Legislative Procedures for Adjusting the Public Debt Limit: A Brief Overview Developing Debt-Limit Legislation: The House's Gephardt Rule Interest Payments on the Federal Debt: A Primer Foreign Holding of Federal Debt Debt Management: Treasury Was Able to Fund Economic Stabilization & Recovery Expenditures in a Short Period of Time, but Debt Management Challenges Remain The National Debt: Who Bears its Burden? How Treasury Issues Debt Ebbs & Flows of Federal Debt Index.

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Preface The Federal Government Debt: Its Size & Economic Significance The Debt Limit: History & Recent Increases Legislative Procedures for Adjusting the Public Debt Limit: A Brief Overview Developing Debt-Limit Legislation: The House's Gephardt Rule Interest Payments on the Federal Debt: A Primer Foreign Holding of Federal Debt Debt Management: Treasury Was Able to Fund Economic Stabilization & Recovery Expenditures in a Short Period of Time, but Debt Management Challenges Remain The National Debt: Who Bears its Burden? How Treasury Issues Debt Ebbs & Flows of Federal Debt Index.

Key concepts: Debt-to-GDP ratio, Internal debt, External debt, Debt levels and flows, Senior debt, Debt, Recourse debt, Government debt

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