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Board Economics
Re: "Treasury Securities" vs. US National Debt
by
theonewhowaskazu
on 05/08/2014, 16:45:42 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?


These numbers are all totally unverifiable. 
actually they are, now that we know what they represent.
http://www.treasurydirect.gov/NP/debt/current
http://www.fms.treas.gov/finrep13/note_finstmts/fr_notes_fin_stmts_note12.html
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http://www.fms.treas.gov/finrep13/note_finstmts/fr_notes_fin_stmts_note11.html
http://www.fms.treas.gov/finrep13/note_finstmts/fr_notes_fin_stmts_note15.html
http://www.fms.treas.gov/finrep13/note_finstmts/fr_notes_fin_stmts_note17.html