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U.S. debt set to hit $40 trillion months earlier than expected - The Washington Post

Published by The Washington Post By Steve Thompson, Riley Beggin · 18 August 2026 at 14:32
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U.S. debt set to hit $40 trillion months earlier than expected - The Washington Post
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Faster borrowing — driven in part by lost revenue from invalidated tariffs — means the next debt-limit fight is also likely to arrive ahead of schedule.

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