As of July 1, 2024, outstanding corporate debt in the United States was mostly composed of **************** securities, rather than ***************** ones. Of the **** trillion U.S. dollars of outstanding U.S. corporate debt that has been rated, just under *** trillions was rated as speculative grade. Approximately ** percent of the total rated debt was issued by non-financial corporations.

Graph and download economic data for Nonfinancial Business; Debt Securities and Loans; Liability, Level (TBSDODNS) from Q4 1945 to Q2 2025 about nonfinancial, sector, debt, domestic, business, and USA.

Outstanding corporate debt securities in the United States have been trending upwards since the first quarter of 2018, with this growth accelerating with the onset of the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. From a total of almost ** trillion U.S. dollars in the first quarter 2018, by the last quarter of 2024 this value had climbed to approximately **** trillion U.S. dollars.

Key information about United States Total Debt: % of GDP

• United States Total Debt accounted for 718.9 % of the country's GDP in 2025, compared with the ratio of 718.5 % in the previous quarter.
• US Total Debt: % of GDP data is updated quarterly, available from Dec 1951 to Jun 2025.
• The data reached an all-time high of 834.1 % in Mar 2021 and a record low of 309.4 % in Jun 1953.

CEIC calculates quarterly Total Debt as % of Nominal GDP from quarterly Total Debt and quarterly Nominal GDP. Total Debt is calculated as sum of Liabilities for NonFinancial Business, Federal Government, State and Local Government, Households & Nonprofit Organizations and Financial Business less Mutual Fund Shares. Federal Reserve Board provides Total Debt in local currency. Bureau of Economic Analysis provides Nominal GDP in local currency.

Graph and download economic data for Nonfinancial Corporate Business; Debt as a Percentage of the Market Value of Corporate Equities, Level (NCBCMDPMVCE) from Q4 1945 to Q2 2025 about credit market, market value, equity, nonfinancial, debt, corporate, percent, business, and USA.

United States - Nonfinancial Corporate Business; Debt Securities; Liability, Level was 8653843.00000 Mil. of $ in April of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Nonfinancial Corporate Business; Debt Securities; Liability, Level reached a record high of 8659669.00000 in January of 2025 and a record low of 24000.00000 in October of 1945. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Nonfinancial Corporate Business; Debt Securities; Liability, Level - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on December of 2025.

Private Debt to GDP in the United States decreased to 142 percent in 2024 from 147.50 percent in 2023. United States Private Debt to GDP - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on December of 2025.

The outstanding value of debt securities issued by nonfinancial corporations in the United States increased steadily between 2000 and 2024. As of the third quarter of 2024, U.S. nonfinancial corporate debt securities amounted to approximately 8.5 trillion U.S. dollars.

United States - Nonfinancial Corporate Business; Debt Securities and Loans; Liability, Level was 14013.95500 Bil. of $ in April of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Nonfinancial Corporate Business; Debt Securities and Loans; Liability, Level reached a record high of 14013.95500 in April of 2025 and a record low of 44.65300 in October of 1945. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Nonfinancial Corporate Business; Debt Securities and Loans; Liability, Level - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on December of 2025.

Graph and download economic data for Nonfinancial Corporate Business; Debt as a Percentage of the Market Value of Corporate Equities, Level (BOGZ1FL104104016A) from 1945 to 2024 about market value, equity, nonfinancial, debt, percent, business, and USA.

As of third quarter of 2024, the outstanding value of U.S. corporate debt securities held by foreign entities amounted to over ************ U.S. dollars. Non-resident entities held more than **** of corporate debt securities issued by non-financial corporations, while the share of corporate debt securities issued by financial corporations held by non-resident entities was approximately ** percent of the total.

This statistic presents the volume of corporate debt securities outstanding in the United States from 2000 to 2018. In 2018, the volume of the corporate debt securities outstanding in the United States was *** trillion U.S. dollars.

United States PDS: Financing: Corporate Debt: Securities In: Reverse Repurchase Agreements: Uncleared Bilateral: General: Term Agreements: <30 Days data was reported at -30.000 USD mn in 30 Apr 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.000 USD mn for 23 Apr 2025. United States PDS: Financing: Corporate Debt: Securities In: Reverse Repurchase Agreements: Uncleared Bilateral: General: Term Agreements: <30 Days data is updated weekly, averaging 0.000 USD mn from Jan 2022 (Median) to 30 Apr 2025, with 174 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.000 USD mn in 23 Apr 2025 and a record low of -30.000 USD mn in 30 Apr 2025. United States PDS: Financing: Corporate Debt: Securities In: Reverse Repurchase Agreements: Uncleared Bilateral: General: Term Agreements: <30 Days data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.Z042: Primary Dealer Statistics: Financing.

United States PDS: Financing: Corporate Debt: Securities In: Reverse Repurchase Agreements: Uncleared Bilateral: General: Overnight and Continuing data was reported at 1.561 USD bn in 30 Apr 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 1.500 USD bn for 16 Apr 2025. United States PDS: Financing: Corporate Debt: Securities In: Reverse Repurchase Agreements: Uncleared Bilateral: General: Overnight and Continuing data is updated weekly, averaging 1.239 USD bn from Jan 2022 (Median) to 30 Apr 2025, with 15 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.561 USD bn in 30 Apr 2025 and a record low of 529.000 USD mn in 05 Jan 2022. United States PDS: Financing: Corporate Debt: Securities In: Reverse Repurchase Agreements: Uncleared Bilateral: General: Overnight and Continuing data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.Z042: Primary Dealer Statistics: Financing.

United States PDS: Financing: Corporate Debt: Securities Out: Repurchase Agreements: Cleared Bilateral: Sponsored: Overnight and Continuing data was reported at 0.000 USD mn in 30 Apr 2025. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 USD mn for 23 Apr 2025. United States PDS: Financing: Corporate Debt: Securities Out: Repurchase Agreements: Cleared Bilateral: Sponsored: Overnight and Continuing data is updated weekly, averaging 0.000 USD mn from Jan 2022 (Median) to 30 Apr 2025, with 174 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.000 USD mn in 30 Apr 2025 and a record low of 0.000 USD mn in 30 Apr 2025. United States PDS: Financing: Corporate Debt: Securities Out: Repurchase Agreements: Cleared Bilateral: Sponsored: Overnight and Continuing data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.Z042: Primary Dealer Statistics: Financing.

United States PDS: Financing: Corporate Debt: Securities Out: Other Financiag Activity: Dealer Financing Securities Lent: Term Agreements: <30 Days data was reported at 0.000 USD mn in 30 Apr 2025. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 USD mn for 23 Apr 2025. United States PDS: Financing: Corporate Debt: Securities Out: Other Financiag Activity: Dealer Financing Securities Lent: Term Agreements: <30 Days data is updated weekly, averaging 0.000 USD mn from Apr 2013 (Median) to 30 Apr 2025, with 631 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 486.000 USD mn in 28 Oct 2015 and a record low of -30.000 USD mn in 12 Mar 2025. United States PDS: Financing: Corporate Debt: Securities Out: Other Financiag Activity: Dealer Financing Securities Lent: Term Agreements: <30 Days data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.Z042: Primary Dealer Statistics: Financing.

Graph and download economic data for Total Credit to Non-Financial Corporations, Adjusted for Breaks, for United States (QUSNAM770A) from Q4 1947 to Q1 2025 about adjusted, credits, nonfinancial, corporate, and USA.

United States PDS: Financing: Corporate Debt: Securities In: Reverse Repurchase Agreements: Triparty (excl GCF): Sponsored General Collateral: Overnight and Continuing data was reported at 0.000 USD mn in 19 Nov 2025. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 USD mn for 12 Nov 2025. United States PDS: Financing: Corporate Debt: Securities In: Reverse Repurchase Agreements: Triparty (excl GCF): Sponsored General Collateral: Overnight and Continuing data is updated weekly, averaging 0.000 USD mn from Jul 2024 (Median) to 19 Nov 2025, with 73 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.000 USD mn in 19 Nov 2025 and a record low of 0.000 USD mn in 19 Nov 2025. United States PDS: Financing: Corporate Debt: Securities In: Reverse Repurchase Agreements: Triparty (excl GCF): Sponsored General Collateral: Overnight and Continuing data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.Z: Primary Dealer Statistics: Financing.

United States USF: Long Term: Corporate Debt: Jordan data was reported at 1.000 USD mn in 2017. This stayed constant from the previous number of 1.000 USD mn for 2016. United States USF: Long Term: Corporate Debt: Jordan data is updated yearly, averaging 35.500 USD mn from Jun 2002 (Median) to 2017, with 16 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.080 USD bn in 2004 and a record low of 1.000 USD mn in 2017. United States USF: Long Term: Corporate Debt: Jordan data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by US Department of Treasury. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.Z047: Foreign Residents' Portfolio Holdings of U.S. Securities.

United States USF: Long Term: Corporate Debt: Panama data was reported at 6.782 USD bn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 5.009 USD bn for 2016. United States USF: Long Term: Corporate Debt: Panama data is updated yearly, averaging 3.002 USD bn from Jun 2002 (Median) to 2017, with 16 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 6.782 USD bn in 2017 and a record low of 1.131 USD bn in 2002. United States USF: Long Term: Corporate Debt: Panama data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by US Department of Treasury. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.Z047: Foreign Residents' Portfolio Holdings of U.S. Securities.