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U.S. Debt Interest Projected to Reach 30 Percent of Revenue by 2036
A projection shows annual interest payments on U.S. public debt rising to 30 percent of government revenue by 2036 if the 10-year Treasury yield averages 4.70 percent. The same scenario would push net interest costs to 5.3 percent of GDP.
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U.S. 70 percent over the next decade. That yield level sits about 55 basis points above the Congressional Budget Office's current forecast. Under the scenario, nearly one of every three dollars collected by the federal government would go toward debt service, three times the share recorded in 2022.
56 percent on Friday. The projection assumes sustained higher borrowing costs compared with recent Congressional Budget Office estimates.
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