Since September 30, 2008, when the debt surpassed $10 trillion, the clock's dollar sign has been replaced by the extra digit.

December - Foreign debt of US surpasses $100 billion, making it the world's largest debtor.

The federal government currently borrows 42 cents on each dollar it spends, and the national debt recently surpassed $15 trillion.

The national debt has surpassed $14 trillion, and under current law, will continue to grow in the coming years.

After the event, organizers announced that the total debt had surpassed $1 million, and that no further City Stages would be produced.

Against the backdrop of contentious budget talks, the national debt surpassed the $15 trillion mark last week.

Foreign debt has "surpassed $10 billion," the report stated, an enormous burden for a country of nine million people.

It is the day that the national debt has surpassed the $15 trillion mark.

In the three years students spend at university, their debt will already surpass £30,000.

The national debt has surpassed the $14 trillion mark.