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Credit to General Government, Face Value (USD billions, Quarterly): United States

The latest reading SOTW holds for United States is 36,409.12 USD billions for 2026-Q1, from Bank for International Settlements.

Reviewed series · Credit & Debt · Quarterly · USD billions · BIS.CREDIT.GOVERNMENT.USD.Q · USA

Government core debt is consolidated across government entities and valued at nominal/face value. Gross outstanding core debt: loans, debt securities, and currency/deposits, financed by all domestic and foreign lenders. Assets are not deducted. End-quarter stock converted to US dollars at the prevailing end-quarter exchange rate; not a credit-flow or PPP measure. BIS statistics are freely sourced and their inclusion must not result in any additional charge to users. BIS attribution is required; resale is not permitted by SOTW's rights policy. Collection time is not the original publication timestamp. Source dimensions, unit multipliers, confidentiality and observation flags are retained. Terms: https://data.bis.org/help/legal

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Latest
36,409.12
USD billions · 2026-Q1
Previous
35,788.91
USD billions · 2025-Q4
Earliest held
5,214.97
USD billions · 2000-Q1
Readings shown
105
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United States · history

USD billions · Quarterly

Source: Bank for International Settlements. Viewer read 2026-11-14T17:38:19.098Z (UTC); publisher acquisition and release times are not supplied here. Original units; no interpolation, rebasing or conversion. Missing periods and stored U/B flags interrupt the line. Daily gaps can include non-business days.

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Credit to General Government, Face Value (USD billions, Quarterly): United States: 105 readings, newest first. Source: Bank for International Settlements.
PeriodValue (USD billions)
2026-Q136,409.12
2025-Q435,788.91
2025-Q334,943.55
2025-Q233,659.05
2025-Q133,709.60
2024-Q433,410.92
2024-Q332,627.70
2024-Q231,933.15
2024-Q131,816.86
2023-Q431,244.05
2023-Q330,487.09
2023-Q229,560.44
2023-Q129,032.07
2022-Q428,690.24
2022-Q328,361.00
2022-Q227,941.88
2022-Q127,943.36
2021-Q427,220.77
2021-Q326,392.30
2021-Q226,290.42
2021-Q126,220.94
2020-Q425,856.21
2020-Q325,175.41
2020-Q224,680.43
2020-Q121,985.52
2019-Q421,484.32
2019-Q321,048.60
2019-Q220,485.98
2019-Q120,595.78
2018-Q420,342.47
2018-Q319,918.71
2018-Q219,615.62
2018-Q119,585.25
2017-Q419,107.74
2017-Q318,775.40
2017-Q218,482.95
2017-Q118,519.20
2016-Q418,543.03
2016-Q318,198.66
2016-Q217,967.19
2016-Q117,953.45
2015-Q417,702.86
2015-Q317,154.41
2015-Q217,021.50
2015-Q116,985.78
2014-Q416,905.18
2014-Q316,629.61
2014-Q216,397.83
2014-Q116,437.83
2013-Q416,186.52
2013-Q315,783.29
2013-Q215,642.18
2013-Q115,745.81
2012-Q415,391.01
2012-Q315,046.27
2012-Q214,831.80
2012-Q114,624.09
2011-Q414,232.02
2011-Q313,845.93
2011-Q213,441.74
2011-Q113,341.05
2010-Q413,092.86
2010-Q312,617.93
2010-Q212,222.89
2010-Q111,861.60
2009-Q411,383.07
2009-Q310,997.51
2009-Q210,599.44
2009-Q110,263.20
2008-Q49,756.58
2008-Q39,102.79
2008-Q28,537.30
2008-Q18,548.94
2007-Q48,330.93
2007-Q38,157.09
2007-Q28,054.88
2007-Q18,125.08
2006-Q47,980.39
2006-Q37,872.53
2006-Q27,815.99
2006-Q17,868.33
2005-Q47,700.51
2005-Q37,537.78
2005-Q27,478.14
2005-Q17,528.82
2004-Q47,337.81
2004-Q37,138.67
2004-Q27,033.11
2004-Q16,915.96
2003-Q46,039.99
2003-Q35,883.24
2003-Q25,773.23
2003-Q15,654.65
2002-Q45,532.39
2002-Q35,386.89
2002-Q25,267.84
2002-Q15,193.77
2001-Q45,132.07
2001-Q35,014.70
2001-Q24,923.03
2001-Q15,042.54
2000-Q44,989.87
2000-Q34,996.55
2000-Q25,040.43
2000-Q15,214.97

Source: Bank for International Settlements. All 105 readings held, 2000-Q1 to 2026-Q1. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.

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