{
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    "asOf": "2026-09-11",
    "debtHeldByPublic": 32357573654300.31,
    "intragovernmentalHoldings": 7688604668492.47,
    "projectedDailyRate": 4768924692.327943,
    "projectionRateWindow": {
      "records": 31,
      "calendarDays": 43
    },
    "freshnessAtBuild": "delayed",
    "recordAgeDaysAtBuild": 4,
    "unit": "USD"
  },
  "perCitizen": 117168,
  "perTaxpayer": 385059,
  "debtToGdpPercent": 125.67,
  "interestPerDay": 3287671233,
  "definitions": {
    "perCitizen": "Confirmed debt divided by 341784857 U.S. residents.",
    "perTaxpayer": "Confirmed debt divided by 104000000 individual income tax returns with a positive total tax liability (taxable returns), not all filers.",
    "debtToGdpPercent": "Confirmed total public debt divided by nominal GDP at a seasonally adjusted annual rate."
  },
  "source": {
    "name": "U.S. Treasury, Debt to the Penny",
    "url": "https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/datasets/debt-to-the-penny/debt-to-the-penny"
  },
  "citation": "The Debt Clock (thedebtclock.com), sourced from U.S. Treasury Debt to the Penny.",
  "buildTimestamp": "2026-09-15T07:52:55.259Z",
  "documentation": "https://thedebtclock.com/developers"
}