National Debt and Deficit Metrics

Debt Burden / Revenue Capacity Merge Approval Checklist

Generated: 2026-05-23T00:49:40Z. This is a human approval gate only. It does not merge rows and does not activate scoring.

ItemStatus
Rows Reviewed3
Conditional Merge-Eligible After Human Approval3
Reviewer Decisions Pending0
Approved for Candidate Display Merge3
Keep Review-Only0
Deferred for Source-Method Review0
Rejected0
Blockers0
ScoringDisabled
Release StatusCANDIDATE ONLY DEBT BURDEN MERGE APPROVAL CHECKLIST READY NO SCORING
MilestoneDEBT BURDEN MERGE APPROVAL CHECKLIST READY

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Allowed reviewer decisions: APPROVE_FOR_CANDIDATE_DISPLAY_MERGE, KEEP_REVIEW_ONLY, DEFER_SOURCE_METHOD_REVIEW, or REJECT.

Metric ID Candidate Metric Latest Value Observation Period Trend Trend Window Source Source Status Merge Eligibility Reviewer Decision Reviewer Notes
NDD-MET-021Federal debt held by the public per person$90,135 per person2025 Q4 debt / Dec 2025 population+$5,5412025 Q4 vs 2024 Q4FRED / U.S. Treasury Fiscal Service / OMB / Census/BEA populationLIVE FRED CSV CONFIRMEDCONDITIONAL MERGE ELIGIBLE AFTER HUMAN APPROVALAPPROVE FOR CANDIDATE DISPLAY MERGE
NDD-MET-022Federal debt held by the public as percent of federal receipts589.5%2025 Q4 debt / FY2025 receipts+3.0 PP2025 vs 2024FRED / U.S. Treasury Fiscal Service / OMB / Census/BEA populationLIVE FRED CSV CONFIRMEDCONDITIONAL MERGE ELIGIBLE AFTER HUMAN APPROVALAPPROVE FOR CANDIDATE DISPLAY MERGE
NDD-MET-023Gross federal debt as percent of federal receipts0.7%FY2025-0.0 PP2025 vs 2024FRED / OMB / Council of Economic AdvisersLIVE FRED CSV CONFIRMEDCONDITIONAL MERGE ELIGIBLE AFTER HUMAN APPROVALAPPROVE FOR CANDIDATE DISPLAY MERGE

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