U.S. national debt increased by $5.1 million a minute over the past year—that’s $117,279 for every American
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What happened
The rate of debt growth averages around $7.35 billion a day, a JEC report adds, or $306.4 million per hour—$5.11 million per minute.
Summary assembled by rule from the sources below