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National debt
Total public debt outstanding (daily); add ?series=true for the full daily history.
| Category | Absurd economy |
|---|---|
| Product | Treasury |
| Metric | National debt |
| Unit | usd |
| Cadence | daily |
| Shape | object |
| Minimum plan | free |
| Venues | gov_fiscal |
| Entities | n/a |
| Entity param | not required |
| Endpoint | GET /v1/data/absurd_economy/treasury/national_debt |
What you get back
Every response is one envelope: { data, meta, provenance }. data is the value, meta carries a live confidence score and a stalenessfigure, and provenance names the contributing venues and the method — so you can audit freshness and lineage without a second call.
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