The ratio of public debt to gross domestic product is already close to 100%, about as high as at the end of World War II, and ...

As a share of GDP ... percent in 2000 to close to 100 percent in 2009. That sounds large. But how does it compare with debt levels over time? A new database from the International Monetary ...

Such an event is not “off the charts” but has already happened ... except in World War II, when the US debt to GDP ratio has been as high. That was in very different conditions.

a historic Fed tightening cycle and more – the debt/GDP ratio has hardly changed. "Cassandra wannabes will be right someday. History proves that. But they will be those Cassandra wannabes who ...

The United States is currently in ... $36.4 trillion of federal government debt and a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of 29.1 trillion, giving a debt-to-GDP ratio of 125%. This ratio has climbed ...

If the money owed by the United States ... This ratio helps contextualize the debt’s manageability and allows for historical and international comparisons. Below is a chart of the ratios for ...