National debt interest costs soar as Treasury prepares massive refinancing

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The Treasury Department will need to refinance nearly one-third of the more than $36 trillion in debt owed by the federal government, which serves as a backdrop to President Donald Trump’s repeated calls for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates.

A report by the Treasury’s Office of Debt Management for the second quarter of fiscal year 2025 shows that as of April 30, 31.4% of the outstanding national debt will be due for refinancing within the next year.

That amounts to about $11 trillion in U.S. debt securities that will have to be refinanced over the course of the next 12 months.

The cost of servicing the more than $36 trillion national debt has escalated in recent years as interest rates rose to counter the most…

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