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  "id": 871061,
  "title": "The U.S. national debt is about to reach $40 trillion milestone — and it’s likely to hit $50 trillion soon",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/the-u-s-national-debt-is-about-to-reach-40-trillion-milestone-and-its",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-14T13:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MarketWatch Top",
    "slug": "marketwatch-top",
    "url": "https://www.marketwatch.com/story/u-s-national-debt-about-to-reach-bleak-40-trillion-milestone-and-its-likely-hit-50-trillion-soon-0f10df2d?mod=mw_rss_topstories"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Bank of America’s chief equity strategist Michael Hartnett, expects that debt milestone will be reached by 2029. That’s creating some preferences for stocks over bonds.",
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        "outlet": "MarketWatch",
        "title": "U.S. national debt about to reach bleak $40 trillion milestone — and it’s likely hit $50 trillion soon",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/u-s-national-debt-about-to-reach-bleak-40-trillion-milestone-and-its",
        "published": "2026-08-14T12:23:00.000Z"
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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."
}