{
  "id": 3025140,
  "title": "America’s US$40tr debt gamble is getting harder to ignore, economists say after ‘grow’ goal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/americas-us-40tr-debt-gamble-is-getting-harder-to-ignore-economists",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-24T13:00:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3365078/americas-us40tr-debt-gamble-getting-harder-ignore-economists-say-after-grow-goal"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "With Washington claiming that the United States can “grow” out of its mounting fiscal burdens, some economists are sceptical that growth alone could absorb the country’s mountain of national debt, which just surpassed US$40 trillion. The milestone, reached last week, has amplified concerns about the long-term sustainability of maintaining such a massive debt pile – one that has doubled in size…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}