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U.S. public debt hits US$40 trillion, raising ‘doom loop’ risk

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Total United States public debt surpassed US$40 trillion for the first time, and has now surged by a third in less than five years, as U.S. lawmakers continue to shrug off calls to contend with historically wide fiscal deficits.

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