Treasury cash balance reached $933.13 billion on November 12

Total public debt outstanding was $40.61 trillion on November 12, 2026. This is a Treasury figure from Debt to the Penny, and it is the latest record date in this week's data.

What changed this week

Total public debt outstanding rose $52.39 billion between November 5, 2026 and November 12, 2026. It was $40.56 trillion on November 5, 2026. The change was 0.13%, calculated from Treasury data.

Debt held by the public was $32.82 trillion on November 12, 2026. It rose $57.66 billion from $32.77 trillion on November 5, 2026. The change was 0.18%, calculated from Treasury data.

Intragovernmental holdings were $7.78 trillion on November 12, 2026. They fell $5.28 billion from $7.79 trillion on November 5, 2026. The change was 0.07%, calculated from Treasury data.

Borrowing pace and the debt limit

The trailing 365-day pace is calculated from Treasury data. The pace from November 12, 2025 to November 12, 2026 was $6.81 billion per day. The method is the average change per calendar day in total public debt outstanding from Debt to the Penny.

For context, the pace from November 5, 2026 to November 12, 2026 was $7.48 billion per day. The pace from October 13, 2026 to November 12, 2026 was $8.82 billion per day. The pace from August 14, 2026 to November 12, 2026 was $7.50 billion per day.

On November 12, 2026, the pace from October 13, 2026 to November 12, 2026 was at the 71st percentile of the 752 trailing paces since November 13, 2023, each over a window of about one month, a history that includes debt limit periods when borrowing was held flat.

The median of those trailing paces was $6.22 billion per day as of November 12, 2026.

Debt subject to the limit was $40.41 trillion on November 12, 2026. The statutory limit was $41.10 trillion on November 12, 2026, a Treasury figure. Headroom was $694.13 billion on November 12, 2026, calculated from Treasury data. That is 1.69% of the limit.

Debt subject to the limit would reach the limit on February 26, 2027, an illustration that assumes debt subject to the limit keeps growing about $6.6 billion a day, its own trailing 365-day pace (rounded to the nearest $0.1 billion, as on the Live Debt Clock), which differs from the total public debt pace above. The illustration assumes the limit stays at its current level and does not model extraordinary measures, so it is not the date Treasury would run out of borrowing room.

Treasury's cash balance

The Treasury operating cash balance was $933.13 billion on November 12, 2026. It rose $20.99 billion that day, a Treasury figure.

The one-year range began November 12, 2025. The low was $686.97 billion on April 9, 2026. The high was $1.05 trillion on October 27, 2026.

Milestones

The last whole trillion reached was $40 trillion. Its first Debt to the Penny record date was August 18, 2026.

Total public debt outstanding would pass $41 trillion on January 9, 2027, an illustration that assumes it keeps growing $6.81 billion a day, its trailing 365-day pace. Total public debt outstanding would pass $42 trillion on June 5, 2027, an illustration that assumes it keeps growing $6.81 billion a day, its trailing 365-day pace. These milestone dates assume the debt limit is raised as needed.

Other figures this week

• Marketable debt outstanding, bills: $7.38 trillion on October 31, 2026. Highest month-end value in the stored history, which begins January 31, 2001. It crossed $7.30 trillion, moving up.
• Marketable debt outstanding, notes: $16.34 trillion on October 31, 2026. Highest month-end value in the stored history, which begins January 31, 2001. It crossed $16.30 trillion, moving up.
• Marketable debt outstanding, bonds: $5.56 trillion on October 31, 2026. Highest month-end value in the stored history, which begins January 31, 2001.
• Average interest rate on Treasury bills: 4.014% on October 31, 2026. It crossed 4.000%, moving up.

Written with AI technology from U.S. Treasury data. Automated number and wording checks run before publishing.

Source: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Fiscal Data: Debt to the Penny (latest record date November 12, 2026), Daily Treasury Statement (latest record date November 12, 2026), Monthly Statement of the Public Debt (latest record date October 31, 2026) and Average Interest Rates on U.S. Treasury Securities (latest record date October 31, 2026).

Figures in this article come from the U.S. Department of the Treasury's published data. Values calculated from that data and illustrated dates are labeled in the article and are not official Treasury figures. This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

The latest figures are also shown in the Live Debt Clock and the Debt Sphere.

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