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The United Kingdom national debt is the total quantity of money borrowed by the Government of the United Kingdom at any time through the issue of securities by the British Treasury and other government agencies. At the end of March 2023, UK general government gross debt was £2,537.0 billion, or 100.5% gross domestic product. [2]
The first debt clock, the United States' National Debt Clock, was installed in 1989 at the intersection of 42nd Street and Sixth Avenue on the initiative of real estate developer Seymour Durst. It was relocated in 2004 to 1133 Sixth Avenue, [1] [2] and then again relocated in 2017 to the east wall of the arcade, which connects West 42nd and ...
[1]: 81 A debt instrument is a financial claim that requires payment of interest and/or principal by the debtor to the creditor in the future. Examples include debt securities (such as bonds and bills), loans, and government employee pension obligations. [1]: 207 Net debt equals gross debt minus financial assets that are debt instruments.
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The national debt servicing cost is 50% more than the £5.1bn forecast by the Office for Budget Responsibility. Interest spikes UK debt to record £7.6bn in May Skip to main content
Debt interest has grown as a proportion of government spending in the last few years as a result of rising interest rates, and increased debt due to primarily to the cost of the Covid pandemic. [10] In financial year 2018-19, debt interest was £43 billion - around 5% of total government spending [11] compared to around 10% in 2023-24.
At the beginning of the 20th century the national debt stood at around 30 percent of GDP. [5] However, during World War I the British government was forced to borrow heavily in order to finance the war effort. The national debt increased from £650 million in 1914 to £7.40 billion in 1919. [7] [failed verification]