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An Economy Addicted to Debt |
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This chart shows the CPI-adjusted five year dollar change in total debt and gross domestic product. Since about 1975, the U.S. economy has required more and more new debt to generate an incremental dollar of GDP. |
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| Sources: | BEA, Federal Reserve |
| Updated: | 5 hours ago |
| Series: | debt to gdp - gdp growth rate - debt statistics - flow of funds - economic indicators |
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