Source:
U.S. Office of Management and Budget
Source:
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Release:
Debt to Gross Domestic Product Ratios
Units:
Percent of GDP, Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency:
Quarterly
Notes:
Federal Debt Held by the Public as Percent of Gross Domestic Product (FYGFGDQ188S) was first constructed by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis in October 2012. It is calculated using Federal Debt Held by the Public (FYGFDPUN) and Gross Domestic Product, 1 Decimal (GDP):
FYGFGDQ188S = ((FYGFDPUN/1000)/GDP)*100
FYGFDPUN/1000 transforms FYGFDPUN from millions of dollars to billions of dollars.
Suggested Citation:
U.S. Office of Management and Budget and Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis,
Federal Debt Held by the Public as Percent of Gross Domestic Product [FYGFGDQ188S],
retrieved from FRED,
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis;
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FYGFGDQ188S,
February 25, 2021.