Federal Debt: Total Public Debt as Percent of Gross Domestic Product

Source: U.S. Office of Management and Budget Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Release: Debt to Gross Domestic Product Ratios Units: Percent of GDP, Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Quarterly Notes: Federal Debt: Total Public Debt as Percent of Gross Domestic Product (GFDEGDQ188S) was first constructed by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis in October 2012. It is calculated using Federal Government Debt: Total Public Debt (GFDEBTN) and Gross Domestic Product, 1 Decimal (GDP):GFDEGDQ188S = ((GFDEBTN/1000)/GDP)*100GFDEBTN/1000 transforms GFDEBTN from millions of dollars to billions of dollars. Suggested Citation: U.S. Office of Management and Budget and Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Federal Debt: Total Public Debt as Percent of Gross Domestic Product [GFDEGDQ188S], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/GFDEGDQ188S, .