Watch the Federal Debt Rise, Moment by Moment.
The Gross National Debt
This is the on-budget debt, meaning the debt statistic the government prefers to report. It is deliberately misleading. The real debt is over seven times larger.

The Gross National Debt
This is the on-budget debt, meaning the debt statistic the government prefers to report. It is deliberately misleading. The real debt is over seven times larger.