Question

The public debt surpassed GDP during the 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s early 2000s then fell steadily, reaching its lowest point in the . From that decade on, the public debt as a percentage of GDP has increased consistently, except for a decline in the late . By 2010, the debt had risen to ________.

Answer 1

Answer:

The public debt as a percentage of GDP in the United States, reached its lowest point in recent decades, in 2001, when it represented 54.9% of GDP.

After that year, this indicator began to increase, at first slowly, and from 2007 on very rapidly, propelled in part by the financial crisis. In 2010, the public debt as percentage of GDP was 89.3%.