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22 Sep 2020, 03:48 GMT+10
Washington [US], September 22 (ANI/Sputnik): The US federal debt is growing so fast under the Dpnald Trump administration that it is now projected to be as large as the country's annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by the end of this year, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) announced in a report.
"By the end of 2020, federal debt held by the public is projected to equal 98 per cent of GDP -- its highest level since shortly after the Second World War," the report said on Monday.
The CBO pointed out that if current laws governing taxes and spending generally remained unchanged, the federal debt is projected for the first time to be 100 per cent of GDP in 2021 and reach its highest level in the nation's history of 107 per cent of GDP by 2023.
"Debt will continue to increase in most years thereafter, reaching 195 per cent of GDP by 2050," the report said.
The CBO also said that deficits in the coming decades are projected to be large by historical standards. Deficits would increase from 5 per cent of GDP in 2030 to 13 per cent by 2050 -- a percentage that would be larger every year than the average deficit of three per cent of GDP over the past half-century, the CBO added. (ANI/Sputnik)Get a daily dose of Atlanta Leader news through our daily email, its complimentary and keeps you fully up to date with world and business news as well.
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