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US is spending record amounts servicing its national debt – interest rate hikes add billions to the cost

By Gerald P. Dwyer, Professor Emeritus of Economics and BB&T Scholar, Clemson University

The US spent $213 billion paying interest on the national debt in the fourth quarter of 2022 as the Fed jacked up borrowing costs at an unprecedented pace.

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