Interest on national debt now costs Treasury $3 billion a day, finds the CBO—after U.S. spends $10 billion propping up the currency of its top lender | Fortune0

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• August 11, 2026

The government’s near-$40 trillion national debt is now costing the Treasury more than $3 billion a day in service payments, according to a new report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). In its August budget update, the CBO reported that net interest on public debt totaled $963 billion between October 2025 (when the fiscal year