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Federal Debt: Total Public Debt as Percent of Gross Domestic Product (GFDEGDQ188S)

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Q4 2017: 103.73920  
Updated: Mar 28, 2018

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(a) Federal Debt: Total Public Debt as Percent of Gross Domestic Product, Percent of GDP, Seasonally Adjusted (GFDEGDQ188S)
Federal Debt: Total Public Debt as Percent of Gross Domestic Product (GFDEGDQ188S) was first constructed by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis in October 2012. It is calculated using Federal Government Debt: Total Public Debt (GFDEBTN) and Gross Domestic Product, 1 Decimal (GDP):
GFDEGDQ188S = ((GFDEBTN/1000)/GDP)*100
GFDEBTN/1000 transforms GFDEBTN from millions of dollars to billions of dollars.

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(a) Federal Debt: Total Public Debt as Percent of Gross Domestic Product, Percent of GDP, Seasonally Adjusted (GFDEGDQ188S)
Federal Debt: Total Public Debt as Percent of Gross Domestic Product (GFDEGDQ188S) was first constructed by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis in October 2012. It is calculated using Federal Government Debt: Total Public Debt (GFDEBTN) and Gross Domestic Product, 1 Decimal (GDP):
GFDEGDQ188S = ((GFDEBTN/1000)/GDP)*100
GFDEBTN/1000 transforms GFDEBTN from millions of dollars to billions of dollars.

Federal Debt: Total Public Debt as Percent of Gross Domestic Product

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Title Release Dates
Federal Debt: Total Public Debt as Percent of Gross Domestic Product 2012-10-26 2018-03-28
 
Source    
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 2012-10-26 2018-03-28
U.S. Office of Management and Budget 2013-03-20 2018-03-28
 
Release    
Debt to Gross Domestic Product Ratios 2012-10-26 2018-03-28
 
Units    
Percent of GDP 2012-10-26 2018-03-28
 
Frequency    
Quarterly 2012-10-26 2018-03-28
 
Seasonal Adjustment    
Seasonally Adjusted 2012-10-26 2018-03-28
 
Notes    
Federal Debt: Total Public Debt as Percent of Gross Domestic Product (GFDEGDQ188S) was first constructed by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis in October 2012. It is calculated using Federal Government Debt: Total Public Debt (GFDEBTN) and Gross Domestic Product, 1 Decimal (GDP):
GFDEGDQ188S = ((GFDEBTN/1000)/GDP)*100
GFDEBTN/1000 transforms GFDEBTN from millions of dollars to billions of dollars.

2012-10-26 2018-03-28
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