tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036266.post5867287460233076340..comments2023-10-10T03:08:54.038-07:00Comments on The Bruce Web & Social Security Defender: (Near) Year End Balances 2007Bruce Webbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13222670342780912788noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036266.post-11685289461710547152008-02-27T12:45:00.000-08:002008-02-27T12:45:00.000-08:00I don't have a graph but it would not be hard to c...I don't have a graph but it would not be hard to create one with any interval you like. Treasury has a pretty cool web application that will give you the breakdown between the two for any day from Sept 30, 1997 to yesterday. It's called Debt to the Penny and is updated daily. Just on a lark I stuck in Sept 30, 1997 and found public debt at $3,789,667,546,849.60 with intragovernmental debt at $1,623,478,464,547.74 for a total of $5,413,146,011,397.34. Which is to say that public debt has increased over that 11 year period by about 33% while intragovernmental debt went up by 250%. Given current projections we should experience a crossing point sometime in the next decade with intragovernmental debt lapping debt held by the public and in the process making the combined debt figure more and more meaningless for monetary policy.<BR/><BR/>http://www.treasurydirect.gov/NP/BPDLogin?application=np<BR/><BR/>BruceBruce Webbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13222670342780912788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036266.post-54548552248400996502008-02-25T17:34:00.000-08:002008-02-25T17:34:00.000-08:00It would be a lot more informative to see two more...It would be a lot more informative to see two more lines on this graph, one showing the ratio of debt held by the public to GDP and the other showing the ratio of intra-governmental debt as well as the displayed combined number.<BR/> from AB comment<BR/><BR/>Do you have a graph?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036266.post-37447968172538018472008-01-07T09:21:00.000-08:002008-01-07T09:21:00.000-08:00I will visit more often. There is plenty to think...I will visit more often. There is plenty to think on. Comments will be interesting. :)Rdanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15285598945075456626noreply@blogger.com