Monthly Archives: February 2019

The Federal Debt of the United States, 1791 to 2018: A Presidential Ranking

A recent story in the National Post by Tristan Hopper highlighted the “utterly unbelievable scale” of current US federal public debt levels.  As is always the case, it is useful to get some historical perspective on the evolution of the U.S. federal debt over time – which under President Trump has become the biggest U.S. […]