# United States Federal debt held by the public (Treasury, USD)

United States Federal debt held by the public (Treasury, USD) was 32,425,012,546,391 US$ in Q3 2026, up 2.3% from Q2 2026 and up 7.1% from a year earlier.
That is the highest reading since the series began in Q1 2016.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 14,173,423,516,896 US$ (Q3 2016) to 32,425,012,546,391 US$ (Q3 2026), averaging 22,290,844,144,583 US$.

- Source agency: U.S. Treasury FiscalData
- Makrognosis code: `US.NETDEBTLVL.Q.NOM`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: US$
- Coverage: 2016-03-01 to 2026-09-01 (43 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-states/federal-debt-held-by-the-public-treasury-usd

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 32,425,012,546,391 US$ |
| Q2 2026 | 31,681,308,373,695 US$ |
| Q1 2026 | 31,431,182,280,136 US$ |
| Q4 2025 | 30,853,068,463,300 US$ |
| Q3 2025 | 30,277,766,440,771 US$ |
| Q2 2025 | 28,964,890,579,889 US$ |
| Q1 2025 | 28,937,109,052,410 US$ |
| Q4 2024 | 28,901,403,659,573 US$ |
| Q3 2024 | 28,307,312,290,783 US$ |
| Q2 2024 | 27,627,953,593,560 US$ |
| Q1 2024 | 27,512,574,463,575 US$ |
| Q4 2023 | 26,938,517,614,685 US$ |
| Q3 2023 | 26,330,142,473,192 US$ |
| Q2 2023 | 25,461,998,188,056 US$ |
| Q1 2023 | 24,694,495,096,597 US$ |
| Q4 2022 | 24,553,456,579,698 US$ |
| Q3 2022 | 24,299,192,620,159 US$ |
| Q2 2022 | 23,912,159,729,664 US$ |
| Q1 2022 | 23,879,767,750,374 US$ |
| Q4 2021 | 23,143,747,354,717 US$ |
| Q3 2021 | 22,345,372,642,438 US$ |
| Q2 2021 | 22,329,822,962,202 US$ |
| Q1 2021 | 21,986,937,011,552 US$ |
| Q4 2020 | 21,632,418,904,104 US$ |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US.NETDEBTLVL.Q.NOM"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US.NETDEBTLVL.Q.NOM",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```