US Treasury Secretary: US national debt has climbed to approximately $41 trillion.

US Treasury Secretary Bessent said on the 9th while attending a policy forum in Washington that U.S. national debt has now climbed to about $41 trillion. He revealed that the U.S. government is formulating a fiscal consolidation plan to reduce the U.S. government's growing fiscal deficit and ease the pressure of issuing Treasury bonds, and that this plan is expected to be announced after the midterm elections.