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3-MO 4.28% unch 6-MO 4.35% -2bp 1-YR 4.49% -4bp 2-YR 4.77% -5bp 3-YR 4.85% -7bp 5-YR 4.91% -9bp 7-YR 5.00% -9bp 10-YR 5.10% -9bp 20-YR 5.48% -9bp 30-YR 5.43% -9bp 3-MO 4.28% unch 6-MO 4.35% -2bp 1-YR 4.49% -4bp 2-YR 4.77% -5bp 3-YR 4.85% -7bp 5-YR 4.91% -9bp 7-YR 5.00% -9bp 10-YR 5.10% -9bp 20-YR 5.48% -9bp 30-YR 5.43% -9bp 3-MO 4.28% unch 6-MO 4.35% -2bp 1-YR 4.49% -4bp 2-YR 4.77% -5bp 3-YR 4.85% -7bp 5-YR 4.91% -9bp 7-YR 5.00% -9bp 10-YR 5.10% -9bp 20-YR 5.48% -9bp 30-YR 5.43% -9bp 3-MO 4.28% unch 6-MO 4.35% -2bp 1-YR 4.49% -4bp 2-YR 4.77% -5bp 3-YR 4.85% -7bp 5-YR 4.91% -9bp 7-YR 5.00% -9bp 10-YR 5.10% -9bp 20-YR 5.48% -9bp 30-YR 5.43% -9bp 3-MO 4.28% unch 6-MO 4.35% -2bp 1-YR 4.49% -4bp 2-YR 4.77% -5bp 3-YR 4.85% -7bp 5-YR 4.91% -9bp 7-YR 5.00% -9bp 10-YR 5.10% -9bp 20-YR 5.48% -9bp 30-YR 5.43% -9bp 3-MO 4.28% unch 6-MO 4.35% -2bp 1-YR 4.49% -4bp 2-YR 4.77% -5bp 3-YR 4.85% -7bp 5-YR 4.91% -9bp 7-YR 5.00% -9bp 10-YR 5.10% -9bp 20-YR 5.48% -9bp 30-YR 5.43% -9bp
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The US is paying about $24bn a week in interest on the federal debt

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Federal borrowing and interest costs through June were reported by Eleanor Pringle at Fortune. The deficit for the first nine months of fiscal 2026 came to just under $1.4tn, against just over $1.3tn in the same stretch of fiscal 2025. That averages about $155bn a month, or $39bn a week. Interest on the debt cost $857bn over the nine months, up about $100bn, or 13 percent, from a year earlier. That is roughly $23.8bn a week. Social Security spending rose $62bn, Medicare $58bn and Medicaid $49bn. Total debt stood at $39.4tn. Maya MacGuineas of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget said the full-year deficit is expected to reach $2tn or more.

Where we read it: Eleanor Pringle at Fortune. Read their story.

The document: Monthly Treasury Statement, June 2026.

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