Axios Context

US National Debt Maturity & Refinancing Simulator

Current Baseline: $35.5T Maturity Window: 10 Years
Annual Maturing Debt (Volume)
$7.81T
Roll-over face value due over the next 12 months
Annual Federal Interest Expense
$1.51T
Projected net interest outlay on current debt
Deficit Expansion Shock
+$340.0B
Additional annual deficit versus 2021 low-rate baseline
Effective Borrowing Cost
4.52%
Blended portfolio interest rate after roll-over
Issuance & Fiscal Presets 1-Click Scenarios
Treasury Parameter Levers
Total National Debt $35.5T
$30.0T $45.0T
Annual Maturing Share 22.0%
10% (Long T-Bonds) 35% (Heavy T-Bills)
New Issuance Average Yield 4.25%
1.50% (ZIRP era) 7.00% (Inflation spike)
Short vs Long Term Spread 0.27%
Inverted (-0.75%) Steep (+1.50%)
10-Year Maturity Wall & Refinancing Schedule D3 Interactive Wall
Maturing & Subject to New Rate Refinancing
Locked Historical Fixed Rates
Treasury Yield Trajectory
Macroeconomic Ledger & Refinancing Trajectory Active: Higher-For-Longer
Simulation Metric Economic Meaning Modeled Value
Refinancing Volume (12-Mo) Maturing T-Bills, Notes & Bonds needing rollover 7.81
Annual Interest Expense Combined annual interest service outlays (Trillions) 1.51
Deficit Expansion Net expansion in federal deficit driven purely by higher rates (Billions) 340.0
Effective Borrowing Cost Weighted portfolio average interest yield across all US debt 4.52
Historical Rolled-Off Rate Prior average coupon on debt currently rolling into market 2.15%
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