U.S.A. Debt-to-GDP Ratio

A U.S.A. Debt-to-GDP Ratio is a national debt to GDP ratio that is a US Economic Measure (for a USA economy based on USA national debt and USA GDP).

• Example(s):
  • ~135% in Q2-2020
  • ~104% in Q4-2015
  • ~54% in Q4-2000
• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Japanese Debt to GDP Ratio, German Debt to GDP Ratio, Chinese Debt to GDP Ratio, ...
  • a U.S. Savings-to-GDP Ratio.
  • a U.S. Labor Participation Rate.
• See: US National Government, US Labor Participation Rate.

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References

• https://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/GFDEGDQ188S
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2013

• (Stockman, 2013) ⇒ David A. Stockman. (2013). “State-Wrecked: The Corruption of Capitalism in America.” In: The New York Times, March 30, 2013
  • QUOTE: Without any changes, over the next decade or so, the gross federal debt, now nearly 17 trillion, will hurtle toward 30 trillion and soar to 150 percent of gross domestic product from around 105 percent today. Since our constitutional stasis rules out any prospect of a “grand bargain,” the nation’s fiscal collapse will play out incrementally, ... When the latest bubble pops, there will be nothing to stop the collapse. If this sounds like advice to get out of the markets and hide out in cash, it is.
  • http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/03/31/sunday-review/indebtedness-dwarfs-the-economy.html

2012

• http://www.debtdeflation.com/blogs/manifesto/
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