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  "id": 2228609,
  "title": "Borrowing costs spike as US national debt hits $40trillion: Fresh jitters on bond markets despite Trump intervention",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/borrowing-costs-spike-as-us-national-debt-hits-40trillion-fresh",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-20T21:00:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Is Money",
    "slug": "this-is-money",
    "url": "https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-16067971/Borrowing-costs-spike-US-national-debt-hits-40trillion-Fresh-jitters-bond-markets-despite-Trump-intervention.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The staggering debt figure only deepened concerns among traders about the deteriorating state of public finances in the world's biggest economy.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Newsweek",
        "title": "How $40 Trillion National Debt Grew Under Trump Compared to Biden and Obama",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/how-40-trillion-national-debt-grew-under-trump-compared-to-biden-and",
        "published": "2026-08-20T16:48:05.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}