What Is the U.S. Debt Clock?

The U.S. Debt Clock, or formally known as the "National Debt Clock," is a billboard sized located on Sixth Avenue in Manhattan, New York City. The Debt Clock measures the current U.S. public debt and how much...

New National Debt Clock To Display Quadrillions

The digital National Debt Clock in New York's Times Square recently ran out of room to display the growing US debt, now over $10.2 trillion as of Saturday.  When the clock was first put up in 1989 by real...

U.S. National Debt Clock Runs Out of Spaces

An all-too-fitting reminder of the quantifiable size of America's financial crisis...and the clock is still ticking!"Remember when gas stations ran out of the number "4" to put on their signage when prices...

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