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Debt limit · Daily Treasury Statement, Table IIIC

How much room is left under the US debt ceiling?

On , debt subject to the limit was $40.33 trillion, leaving $772.75 billion of room under the statutory limit of $41.10 trillion.

Room left under the debt limit, each statement day

260 statements, to This limit since

Room left under the debt limit, each statement day, 14 October 2025 to 26 October 2026

Debt subject to the limit and the statutory limit, each statement day

260 statements, to This limit since

Debt subject to the limit and the statutory limit, each statement day, 14 October 2025 to 26 October 2026, Room under the limit shaded

The tinted band is the room between the debt subject to the limit and the statutory limit (U.S. Treasury, Fiscal Data, Daily Treasury Statement, Debt Subject to Limit): debt $40.33T, limit $41.10T, room $772.75B on .

The linesLatest:

  • Debt subject to the limit$40.33T
  • Statutory limit$41.10T

Treasury's cash balance at the close of each statement day

260 statements, to This limit since

Treasury's cash balance at the close of each statement day, 14 October 2025 to 26 October 2026

Each point is one Daily Treasury Statement; pointing at the chart shows its date and figures. Every statement day is under "The numbers behind the chart".

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The latest statement beside the one before it, the start of the month and the nearest one a year earlier. Every statement day of the last year is in the table under "The numbers behind the chart".

MeasureLatestThe statement beforeMonth startA year earlier
Statement day
Subject to the limit40,331,24140,263,66939,979,12937,896,708
Statutory limit41,103,99641,103,99641,103,99641,103,996
Room left772,755840,3271,124,8673,207,288
Cash balance1,020,700982,489984,046942,495

The table scrolls sideways; the first column stays in place.

Observed .

Right now

Room left fell from $3.30 trillion on to $772.75 billion on .

Debt subject to the limit was $40.33 trillion against a statutory limit of $41.10 trillion, in force since . Treasury's cash balance closed the day at $1.02 trillion.

This month and year

At the month start (), room left was $1.12 trillion.

Treasury's cash balance, day by day

CBO's projectionNot our forecast

In CBO's February 2026 baseline, debt subject to the limit reaches $41.43 trillion at the end of fiscal year 2027, the first year-end above today's limit of $41.10 trillion.

Under current law the limit would be reached before then, unless Congress raises or suspends it; extraordinary measures would then decide when borrowing has to stop.

CBO's estimates under current law, not Treasury figures, and not ours: February 2026 baseline.

All of CBO's projections

Total debt

Total public debt outstanding was $40.53 trillion on , from Treasury's Debt to the Penny.

  • Held by the public $32.64T
  • Intragovernmental $7.89T

Total debt, every business day

Each year

Across the 22 years since 2005, room left was lowest in 2011, at $23.00 million.

Each year has a page of its own, with every statement day.

The debt limit, year by year

Understanding the debt limit

Where it stands today

Room left was $772.75B on , with 98.1% of the limit used.

What does the debt limit count?

The debt limit applies to debt subject to the limit, not to total public debt outstanding. It starts from total debt, leaves out some of it (such as unamortized discount on bills) and can add a little that is not in total debt, such as Federal Financing Bank debt.

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What are extraordinary measures?

When debt reaches the limit, Treasury cannot issue new debt that counts against it. It can still pay its bills for a while by using extraordinary measures: accounting steps the law allows, such as suspending new investment of some federal employee retirement funds, which lower debt subject to the limit and make room for new borrowing. Together with Treasury's cash balance, they set how long Treasury can keep paying after the limit is reached. The day they would run out is often called the X-date.

The Daily Treasury Statement does not report how much of the measures is left, so this page shows the room and the cash, not a date.

The numbers behind the chart

What was room left on each statement day?260 statement days, newest first, $ million
Room left and Treasury's cash on each statement day ($ million)
DateSubject to the limitRoom leftCash balance
40,331,241772,7551,020,700
40,263,669840,327982,489
40,244,063859,933961,759
40,215,965888,031945,153
40,241,081862,915973,653
40,199,333904,663965,045
40,188,087915,909948,492
40,188,112915,884934,690
40,131,599972,397885,823
40,145,468958,528920,214
40,102,1581,001,838872,526
40,105,220998,776887,469
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DateSubject to the limitRoom leftCash balance
40,086,5441,017,452885,783
40,074,7641,029,232885,414
40,052,0891,051,907883,335
40,043,1371,060,859871,181
40,060,5671,043,429893,699
39,979,1291,124,867984,046
39,909,0091,194,987936,600
39,915,4121,188,584959,572
39,908,1301,195,866945,290
39,879,0021,224,994924,627
39,886,1251,217,871947,317
39,909,6441,194,352957,409
39,925,0631,178,9331,004,391
39,912,1731,191,823985,932
39,903,2581,200,738972,675
39,906,3771,197,619991,708
39,925,9851,178,011991,557
39,867,0361,236,960871,224
39,856,5181,247,478822,200
39,857,3081,246,688818,110
39,886,0851,217,911843,705
39,895,1331,208,863880,019
39,904,3671,199,629888,923
39,911,9801,192,016903,928
39,930,4891,173,507944,364
39,925,1511,178,845942,793
39,989,9421,114,0541,023,554
39,916,2421,187,754971,343
39,888,9181,215,078950,804
39,883,3031,220,693959,435
39,911,6601,192,336994,137
39,849,3171,254,679966,849
39,844,5531,259,443933,218
39,844,1821,259,814935,077
39,825,8581,278,138936,406
39,859,8341,244,162961,952
39,800,2271,303,769932,785
39,749,1221,354,874959,184
39,749,5591,354,437966,587
39,730,5051,373,491959,405
39,758,1651,345,831997,330
39,709,1451,394,851966,851
39,700,4081,403,588954,113
39,704,6871,399,309961,726
39,648,5841,455,412929,325
39,646,6361,457,360924,219
39,558,6031,545,393870,083
39,588,8251,515,171876,566
39,662,4791,441,517997,946
39,623,3401,480,656970,442
39,620,1561,483,840966,136
39,538,1911,565,805902,751
39,514,4731,589,523886,300
39,498,3261,605,670877,201
39,459,4561,644,540835,417
39,483,3211,620,675874,980
39,412,3731,691,623828,197
39,403,8821,700,114815,418
39,340,1941,763,802822,510
39,312,1901,791,806795,976
39,293,0311,810,965787,814
39,241,9221,862,074750,282
39,234,9271,869,069738,273
39,235,4351,868,561744,637
39,220,6101,883,386749,244
39,239,9221,864,074784,964
39,213,8251,890,171783,107
39,199,8771,904,119776,843
39,198,4551,905,541770,587
39,214,7441,889,252807,359
39,287,6831,816,313919,145
39,169,4771,934,519876,961
39,159,5861,944,410895,576
39,132,4201,971,576871,469
39,144,0021,959,994901,845
39,143,4161,960,580925,876
39,147,4011,956,595942,815
39,126,2161,977,780915,085
39,106,0221,997,974956,502
39,112,1461,991,850981,113
39,116,2131,987,783979,791
39,031,0502,072,946816,023
39,041,1612,062,835799,517
39,037,6602,066,336801,084
39,065,4252,038,571830,399
39,054,9362,049,060844,229
39,042,0582,061,938825,540
39,053,9362,050,060844,521
39,028,7932,075,203845,722
39,045,1122,058,884866,075
39,019,5192,084,477856,842
39,031,0882,072,908903,881
38,997,2212,106,775849,710
38,986,2322,117,764842,660
38,993,3972,110,599881,329
38,933,3992,170,597825,550
38,891,7962,212,200785,882
38,872,2842,231,712781,979
38,892,7172,211,279822,275
38,831,9982,271,998785,925
38,818,2182,285,778758,819
38,775,3452,328,651802,412
38,767,5062,336,490807,420
38,792,5022,311,494844,036
38,771,8992,332,097854,589
38,760,5542,343,442839,161
38,754,0562,349,940846,562
38,743,2602,360,736862,757
38,734,3672,369,629860,287
38,729,6212,374,375879,968
38,704,7092,399,287857,311
38,789,7192,314,277969,383
38,777,1612,326,835988,102
38,776,2002,327,796990,422
38,786,1702,317,8261,002,382
38,776,8472,327,149974,251
38,757,9842,346,012969,844
38,782,3412,321,6551,007,172
38,803,0802,300,9161,029,510
38,817,4002,286,5961,038,035
38,801,8842,302,112998,636
38,807,8792,296,117971,155
38,814,1532,289,843924,435
38,758,4002,345,596779,506
38,780,7072,323,289758,910
38,770,2532,333,743703,218
38,765,8122,338,184686,969
38,774,9592,329,037697,079
38,794,2852,309,711728,227
38,819,2282,284,768775,433
38,804,7962,299,200753,938
38,822,6092,281,387776,076
38,840,5212,263,475803,553
38,890,1062,213,890893,000
38,852,6892,251,307868,478
38,843,1932,260,803848,655
38,817,2512,286,745823,031
38,819,4572,284,539837,412
38,828,0122,275,984876,206
38,835,9682,268,028909,509
38,828,9842,275,012870,864
38,828,4742,275,522882,822
38,807,0062,296,990875,833
38,846,2392,257,757929,668
38,822,5842,281,412937,577
38,730,9262,373,070806,335
38,728,4662,375,530809,284
38,712,0222,391,974805,806
38,747,7602,356,236862,841
38,712,6562,391,340858,548
38,697,5712,406,425833,086
38,700,5822,403,414840,850
38,686,6802,417,316846,979
38,681,6602,422,336859,738
38,653,7542,450,242871,377
38,597,6992,506,297798,943
38,612,7732,491,223849,449
38,590,0232,513,973838,975
38,612,2262,491,770901,173
38,583,4772,520,519888,165
38,572,3362,531,660893,370
38,566,1982,537,798904,858
38,543,8512,560,145888,854
38,545,9952,558,001924,659
38,472,8762,631,120913,645
38,472,5832,631,413920,999
38,447,6112,656,385910,533
38,471,8752,632,121948,634
38,420,3212,683,675917,568
38,413,5952,690,401905,282
38,411,9762,692,020914,563
38,390,8652,713,131907,737
38,389,9422,714,054907,892
38,342,2902,761,706897,983
38,346,6392,757,357893,245
38,393,1072,710,889968,066
38,369,1442,734,852952,705
38,393,0312,710,965974,848
38,340,4152,763,581943,665
38,315,8712,788,125900,542
38,314,9692,789,027888,450
38,301,3022,802,694871,169
38,311,9502,792,046899,869
38,286,3502,817,646868,226
38,278,5382,825,458840,883
38,223,3372,880,659777,061
38,260,4462,843,550780,790
38,265,0752,838,921797,322
38,258,6482,845,348775,114
38,257,2192,846,777773,709
38,258,7912,845,205783,571
38,256,2242,847,772771,936
38,267,6912,836,305801,062
38,247,3442,856,652781,204
38,340,7182,763,278872,853
38,200,4552,903,541826,406
38,215,4682,888,528858,993
38,207,5142,896,482833,784
38,182,7272,921,269801,537
38,204,5242,899,472824,439
38,208,3552,895,641872,048
38,200,6732,903,323839,799
38,202,4622,901,534842,422
38,207,9092,896,087861,417
38,224,3762,879,620887,180
38,248,3692,855,627912,994
38,166,3622,937,634792,465
38,175,8932,928,103792,667
38,180,1872,923,809805,827
38,204,3712,899,625837,306
38,224,0252,879,971880,125
38,216,4072,887,589870,232
38,214,5122,889,484878,666
38,230,5582,873,438908,523
38,250,0562,853,940935,847
38,252,8972,851,099948,079
38,222,6982,881,298956,014
38,162,2372,941,759899,678
38,187,0712,916,925931,736
38,163,5422,940,454906,547
38,158,5632,945,433892,074
38,151,2602,952,736909,575
38,125,7642,978,232900,832
38,153,7842,950,212928,422
38,070,6373,033,359924,961
38,041,7333,062,263959,113
38,037,9803,066,016961,929
38,010,6163,093,380943,145
38,015,3883,088,608965,301
38,004,6703,099,326949,804
38,004,9763,099,020953,555
37,980,3273,123,669942,700
37,935,3053,168,691939,584
37,893,4563,210,540924,957
37,926,9733,177,023926,328
37,994,6143,109,3821,000,632
37,968,1373,135,859983,859
37,965,7893,138,207984,857
37,932,0823,171,914964,762
37,896,7083,207,288942,495
37,895,0833,208,913944,965
37,879,6673,224,329905,074
37,908,0713,195,925929,315
37,869,6023,234,394905,754
37,864,4333,239,563905,393
37,852,9473,251,049899,682
37,831,1093,272,887851,952
37,806,6973,297,299841,366
How is debt subject to the limit built?26 October 2026, $ million
How debt subject to the limit is built, 26 October 2026 ($ million)
PartAmount
Debt held by the public32,635,295
Intragovernmental holdings7,893,064
Less debt not subject to the limit197,118
Plus other debt subject to the limit0
Debt subject to the limit40,331,241
What does CBO project at the end of each fiscal year?CBO's estimates, not ours
CBO's projections at the end of each fiscal year
ProjectionEnd of fiscal 2027End of fiscal 2028
Debt subject to the limit$41.43 trillion$43.45 trillion
Debt held by the public$34.01 trillion$36.09 trillion
What was the lowest room left in each year?$ million; each year links its page
Lowest room left in each year ($ million)
YearLowest room left, $ million
2026772,755
202524
2024n/a
202324
202234,153
202124
2020n/a
201924
201825
201723
2016n/a
201524
201424
201324
201224
201123
201089,554
200924,495
2008338,762
200734,823
200624
200576,970
How much is total public debt, and who holds it?26 October 2026, $ million
Total public debt outstanding ($ million)
PartAmount
Debt held by the public32,635,295
Intragovernmental holdings7,893,064
Total public debt outstanding40,528,359

Observed .

What do the figures leave out, and what are their dates?Limits and dates

What this number cannot tell you

  • Room left is not a deadline: extraordinary measures can keep borrowing going for a while after it runs out (see above).
  • The cash balance is Treasury's account at the Federal Reserve at the close of the day. It moves with tax receipts and spending, so one day says little about the next.

Dates

Observed
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Room under the limit from the U.S. Treasury, Fiscal Data.

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