Debt-To-GDP Under Trump 1.0

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A reminder, so when next you hear about fiscal restraint.

Figure 1: Debt held by the public as share of GDP (blue), and as share of potential GDP (red). NBER peak-to-trough recession dates shaded gray. Source: Treasury via FRED, CBO, NBER and author’s calculations.


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