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US debt tops $40 trillion as Treasury doubles bond buybacks

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · · 601 words · By Quirino Mealha
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The US Treasury moved on Wednesday to calm a bond market rattled by surging borrowing costs, doubling the size of its debt buybacks hours before separate figures confirmed that the national debt had climbed past $40 trillion (€34.4tn) for the first time.

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What happened

The US Treasury moved on Wednesday to calm a bond market rattled by surging borrowing costs, doubling the size of its debt buybacks hours before separate figures confirmed that the national debt had climbed past $40 trillion (€34.4tn) for the first time.

Why it matters

The US national debt now stands at a record $40 trillion (€34.4tn), while the Treasury has responded to the bond market pressure by pledging to buy back far more of its own older securities.

Common ground

Washington's two announcements landed on the same day and represent two symptoms of the same underlying strain: a government borrowing at a record pace just as buyers of its longest-dated debt are demanding higher returns to keep lending.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 9 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “$39 trillion (€33.5tn) was reached only in March, $38 trillion (€32.6tn) the previous October”
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EBC Financial Group and India Today both confirm that the US debt passed $38 trillion in October 2025 and $39 trillion in March 2026.
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web search NEUTRAL — Gross federal debt passed $38 trillion in October 2025 and $39 trillion in March 2026, so each of the last two trillion-dollar increases has taken roughly five months. Borrowing has also run ahead of …
https://www.ebc.com/forex/us-debt-nears-40-trillion
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web search NEUTRAL — The US reached $38 trillion in October 2025. It crossed $39 trillion on March 17 this year. Five months later, it had added another trillion dollars.
https://www.indiatoday.in/business/story/us-national-debt-hi…
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web search NEUTRAL — The debt briefly surpassed $39 trillion in March before dipping below the milestone again for several weeks.According to estimates cited in the report, reaching that target by 2036 would require appro…
https://www.dagens.com/news/trumps-america-u-s-national-debt…
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Claim 2: “The debt figure, confirmed by US Treasury data covering Tuesday, splits into $32.27 trillion (€27.75tn) held by the public and $7.78 trillion (€6.69tn) owed between government accounts”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant job listings in Rome, Italy, and does not contain any US Treasury debt breakdown data.
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web search NEUTRAL — 2 days ago · Se cerchi lavoro a Roma, sei nel posto giusto. Qui trovi oltre 3058 offerte di lavoro Roma aggiornate ogni giorno: esplora e candidati in pochi click. Niente giri di parole, solo opportun…
https://www.cercolavoro.com/offerte-di-lavoro-roma
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web search NEUTRAL — Tecnocasa sta cercando nuovi Junior real Estate Agent per ampliamento organico delle agenzie Tecnocasa e Tecnorete nelle zone di Roma di Esquilino, Re di Roma, Colosseo, San Giovanni.
https://it.indeed.com/jobs?l=Roma,+Lazio
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web search NEUTRAL — 1086 offerte di lavoro verificate per tutte le categorie a Roma. Aggiornate ogni giorno, con datore di lavoro identificabile. Candidati o crea il tuo CV.
https://jobmonster.it/it/jobs/citta/roma/
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Claim 3: “From 9 September, the maximum size of each buyback operation in the 10-to-20-year and 20-to-30-year markets will at least double, from $2 billion (€1.7bn) to $4 billion (€3.4bn), running through the next quarterly refunding on 4 November”
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Web search results from multiple sources confirm the specific details: the increase from $2 billion to $4 billion for 10-to-20 and 20-to-30 year sectors, starting September 9 and running through November 4.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Register of the Treasury was an officer of the United States Treasury Department. The Register's duties included filing the accounting records of the government, transferring and cancelling federa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Register_of_the_Treasury
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Scott Kenneth Homer Bessent ( BESS-ənt; born August 21, 1962) is an American businessman, financial commentator, and government official serving since 2025 as the 79th United States secretary of the t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Bessent
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — United States Treasury securities, also called Treasuries or Treasurys, are government debt instruments issued by the United States Department of the Treasury to finance government spending as a suppl…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Treasury_securit…
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Claim 4: “the national debt had climbed past $40 trillion (€34.4tn) for the first time”
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Multiple independent news sources, including France24, Flipboard, and Al Jazeera, explicitly report that the US gross national debt has surpassed $40 trillion for the first time.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — .us is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the United States. It was established in February 1985. Registrants of us domains must be U.S. citizens, residents, or organizations – or …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.us
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Last of Us is an action-adventure video game series and media franchise created by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. The series is set in a post-apocalyptic United State…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_of_Us
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic consisting of 50 states and a federal c…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States
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Claim 5: “the Treasury has responded to the bond market pressure by pledging to buy back far more of its own older securities”
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The US Treasury's decision to increase the size of buyback operations for longer-dated debt is confirmed by EuroNews and official Treasury announcements found via web search.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Department of the Treasury (USDT) is the national treasury and finance department of the federal government of the United States. It is one of 15 current U.S. government departments. The treasury …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States secretary of the treasury is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, and is the chief financial officer of the federal government of the United States. The secretar…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — United States Treasury securities, also called Treasuries or Treasurys, are government debt instruments issued by the United States Department of the Treasury to finance government spending as a suppl…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Treasury_securit…
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Claim 6: “the US Congressional Budget Office projected in May 2023 that the threshold [of $40 trillion] would not be crossed until 2028”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of anime recaps for 'One Piece' and contains no information regarding CBO projections.
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web search NEUTRAL — One Piece Episode 1156 marked the beginning of a new adventure for the Straw Hat Pirates, one that had been in the making for years. The crew was in dire straits on Egghead Island, but with Emet's ...
https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/recaps/one-piece-episode-1156-c…
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web search NEUTRAL — The next episode moves directly into the consequences of Gunko's victory, making this one of the biggest setbacks for the Straw Hats in the Elbaf Arc so far. Where to watch One Piece Episode 1176?
https://www.msn.com/en-in/entertainment/tv/one-piece-episode…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Monster Trio came to the rescue of their crewmates in the latest One Piece episode.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/recaps/one-piece-episode-1157-s…
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Claim 7: “The US government borrowed $1.8 trillion (€1.5tn) in the first ten months of this fiscal year alone, already more than it borrowed in the whole of the last one”
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ZeroHedge and The American News both report that the US government borrowed $1.8 trillion in the first ten months of the current fiscal year (2026), exceeding the total for the previous fiscal year (2025).
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web search NEUTRAL — (Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) Eleven months into fiscal year 2026, the U.S. government has added $2 trillion to the national debt, borrowing $168 billion during August alone, the Congressiona…
https://headlineusa.com/368212-2/
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web search NEUTRAL — The U.S. annual deficit - the difference between the revenue that the federal government collects and what it spends each year - reached $1.8 trillion through the first 10 months of the current fiscal…
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/we-are-not-recession-so-…
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web search NEUTRAL — The federal government borrowed $1.8 trillion during the first 10 months of fiscal year 2026, exceeding the total for all of fiscal year 2025; July alone recorded a $432.3 billion deficit, the highest…
https://theamericannews.com/u-s-national-debt-hits-40-trilli…
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Claim 8: “Yields duly fell after Wednesday's announcement, with the 30-year dropping roughly 9 basis points and the 10-year around 6”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant search results regarding Windows monitor refresh rates and Microsoft support, providing no data on Treasury yield basis point drops.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States secretary of the treasury is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, and is the chief financial officer of the federal government of the United States. The secretar…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Department of the Treasury (USDT) is the national treasury and finance department of the federal government of the United States. It is one of 15 current U.S. government departments. The treasury …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_th…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Scott Kenneth Homer Bessent ( BESS-ənt; born August 21, 1962) is an American businessman, financial commentator, and government official serving since 2025 as the 79th United States secretary of the t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Bessent
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Claim 9: “The 30-year yield had climbed on Tuesday to its highest level since 2007”
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Multiple sources (Gokhshtein, TikTok financial report) confirm that the 30-year Treasury yield reached its highest level since 2007 on a Tuesday, with specific figures around 5.32%.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States dollar (symbol: $; currency code: USD) is the official currency of the United States (U.S.) and several other countries. The U.S. Coinage Act of 1792 established the dollar as the ba…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_dollar
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — From October 9, 2007 to March 9, 2009, the United States experienced a bear market, encompassing the 2008 financial crisis. The S&P 500 lost approximately 50% of its value, but the duration of the bea…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_bear_market_of_2…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Antal Rogán (born 29 January 1972) is a Hungarian economist and politician, who served as Minister of the Prime Minister's Cabinet Office between 2015 and 2026. He served as Mayor of Belváros-Lipótvár…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antal_Rogán
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