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Federal Debt Held by the Public as Percent of Gross Domestic Product (FYGFGDQ188S)

Observation:

Q2 2023: 95.08732 (+ more)   Updated: Sep 1, 2023
Q2 2023:  95.08732  
Q1 2023:  93.15883  
Q4 2022:  93.88342  
Q3 2022:  94.54308  
Q2 2022:  94.79178  
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Units:

Percent of GDP,
Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:

Quarterly

NOTES

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, September 25, 2023.

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