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Board Economics
Re: "Treasury Securities" vs. US National Debt
by
theonewhowaskazu
on 30/07/2014, 01:38:04 UTC
Here: http://www.usdebtclock.org/

National Debt:                $17T
Treasury Securities:     $914T

AFAIK "Treasury Securities" are a synonym for "national debt." Then why are Treasury Securities like 50x the National Debt? Am I missing something?


http://www.investopedia.com/articles/04/011404.asp

http://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/resources/faq/faq_publicdebt.htm

None of what I saw there answered my question at all...