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As the market's attention gradually turns to rising rates and interest expense, one number that will stick out is the following: in 2018 the amount spent on interest on US federal debt hit a record high of just over $523 billion.

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MississippiManMississippiMan
I wonder what was the last year that federal debt itself wasn't 523 billion. 10/6/18

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