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The U.S. Treasury is set to borrow over $2 trillion in fiscal year 2026, a federal deficit exceeding 6% of GDP.
The U.S. Treasury is now projecting over $2 trillion annual deficits as the new baseline, not emergencies.
KEY POINTS
- Interest payments on national debt are approaching $1 trillion per year, rivaling major federal expenditures.
- Achieving a 3% GDP deficit target by 2036 requires $10 trillion in deficit reductions over a decade.
- Structural spending obligations, not temporary crises, are now the main drivers of federal deficits.
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