Net interest the federal government pays on its debt held by the public, in billions of dollars (excluding interest paid to its own trust funds such as Social Security, minus interest it receives); annual totals read by fiscal year (October-September).
225USD bn
Q3 2026
+1.3 %vs Q3 2025
min 15.73 Q1 2015max 308 Q2 2026
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Source: U.S. Department of the Treasury — Bureau of the Fiscal Service· Data Q3 2026
