As far as the national debt of the United States, according to noted business school Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, "As of September 30, 2023, the federal “debt held by the public” (herein, “debt”) stood at $26.3 trillion, or about 98 percent of projected [[GDP]]."<ref>[https://budgetmodel.wharton.upenn.edu/issues/2023/10/6/when-does-federal-debt-reach-unsustainable-levels#:~:text=As%20of%20September%2030%2C%202023,98%20percent%20of%20projected%20GDP. WHEN DOES FEDERAL DEBT REACH UNSUSTAINABLE LEVELS?], Penn Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania]</ref> | As far as the national debt of the United States, according to noted business school Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, "As of September 30, 2023, the federal “debt held by the public” (herein, “debt”) stood at $26.3 trillion, or about 98 percent of projected [[GDP]]."<ref>[https://budgetmodel.wharton.upenn.edu/issues/2023/10/6/when-does-federal-debt-reach-unsustainable-levels#:~:text=As%20of%20September%2030%2C%202023,98%20percent%20of%20projected%20GDP. WHEN DOES FEDERAL DEBT REACH UNSUSTAINABLE LEVELS?], Penn Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania]</ref> |