Former U.S. Treasury Under Secretary David Malpass says the economy looks good for Americans on the upper end of the income scale on ‘The Claman Countdown.’
The U.S. government’s total debt was fast approaching $34 trillion as of Friday afternoon, according to the latest numbers from the U.S. Treasury.
The Treasury reported Wednesday that nearly $27 trillion of the total national debt is held by the public.
It comes about six months since congressional Republicans struck a deal with President Biden to raise the debt limit in June.
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President Biden takes questions from reporters after he delivered remarks in the State Dining Room at the White House Nov. 9, 2022, in Washington, D.C. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images / Getty Images)
The fast-paced growth of the national debt has become an increasingly fraught topic on Capitol…
