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The '''United States public debt''' is a measure of the obligations of the [[Federal government of the United States|United States federal government]] and is presented by the [[United States Treasury]] in two components and one total:
*''Debt Held by the Public'', representing all federal<ref name="DheldbyPub">United States Government Accountability Office, [http://www.gao.gov/special.pubs/longterm/debt/debtbasics.html#heldbypublic "Federal Debt: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions"]</ref> [[Security (finance)|securities]] held by institutions or individuals outside the United States Government;
*''Intragovernmental Holdings'', representing U.S. Treasury securities held in accounts which are administered by the United States Government, such as the [[Social Security Trust Fund|OASI Trust fund]] administered by the Social Security Administration; and
*''Total Public Debt Outstanding'', which is the sum of the above components.<ref name="TreasDebt">United States Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Public Debt (November 2010). [http://treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/pd/pd_debtposactrpt_1011.pdf "Debt position and activity report".] ''TreasuryDirect''. Retrieved January 16, 2011.</ref>
* ... more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_public_debt
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* http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/
* http://www.steuerzahler.de/Home/1692b637/index.html
* http://www.dlugpubliczny.org.pl/pl
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* http://www.debt-clock.org/
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