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The national debt set a new record of $40.594 trillion on October 29

Treasury Fiscal Data's Debt to the Penny lists total public debt outstanding at 40,593,637,262,883.48 dollars as of Thursday, October 29, 2026, up 42,582,410,521.07 dollars from 40,551,054,852,362.41 dollars on Wednesday, October 28. That is the highest total in the dataset, 11.36 billion dollars above the prior record of 40,582,274,254,843.57 dollars on Tuesday, October 27. On October 29, debt held by the public was 32,712,190,190,967.42 dollars, up 40.27 billion dollars from October 28, while intragovernmental holdings were 7,881,447,071,916.06 dollars, up 2.32 billion dollars. Total public debt outstanding is up 421,812,161,543.17 dollars from 40,171,825,101,340.31 dollars on September 30, 2026, the last day of fiscal year 2026.

Total public debt outstanding
$40,593,637,262,883.48 2026-10-29 · prior $40,551,054,852,362.41 (2026-10-28)
Total public debt outstanding, prior record
$40,582,274,254,843.57 2026-10-27
Debt held by the public
$32,712,190,190,967.42 2026-10-29 · prior $32,671,924,859,186.91 (2026-10-28)
Intragovernmental holdings
$7,881,447,071,916.06 2026-10-29 · prior $7,879,129,993,175.5 (2026-10-28)
Total public debt outstanding, end of fiscal 2026
$40,171,825,101,340.31 2026-09-30
Total public debt outstanding$ billions$40,350B$40,400B$40,450B$40,500B$40,550B$40,600BOct 15Oct 16Oct 19Oct 20Oct 21Oct 22Oct 23Oct 26Oct 27Oct 28Oct 29Treasury Fiscal Data Debt to the Penny, October 15 to October 29, 2026 · vertical axis does not start at zero
Total public debt outstanding. Treasury Fiscal Data Debt to the Penny, October 15 to October 29, 2026. Share card.

Source: Debt to the Penny API, record dates September 30 to October 29, 2026 — U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service. Also: Debt to the Penny.

all 5 figures found at the source
  • found Total public debt outstanding = $40,593,637,262,883.48 — at U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service
  • found Total public debt outstanding, prior record = $40,582,274,254,843.57 — at U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service
  • found Debt held by the public = $32,712,190,190,967.42 — at U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service
  • found Intragovernmental holdings = $7,881,447,071,916.06 — at U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service
  • found Total public debt outstanding, end of fiscal 2026 = $40,171,825,101,340.31 — at U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service

Researched by Grok, checked against each source by an automated pass, edited by Clem Ziroli III. Published Oct 30, 2026.

This page is one print. The daily brief for October 30, 2026 is the editor's cut of what mattered that day. Figures are as the named sources printed them. The methodology says how this page is made and what is checked.