{"id":254173,"date":"2026-08-20T13:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T17:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/?p=254173"},"modified":"2026-08-20T13:54:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T17:54:49","slug":"consider-the-0-72-40-trillion-yes-on-us-national-debt-because-were-above-it-already","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/traders-insight\/consider-the-0-72-40-trillion-yes-on-us-national-debt-because-were-above-it-already\/","title":{"rendered":"Consider the $0.72 $40 Trillion \u201cYes\u201d on US National Debt Because We\u2019re Above It Already: Aug. 20, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The national debt in the United States just exceeded <a href=\"https:\/\/fiscaldata.treasury.gov\/datasets\/debt-to-the-penny\/debt-to-the-penny\">$40 trillion<\/a> on August 18; however, that threshold\u2019s \u201cYes\u201d contract in the Interactive Brokers Prediction Market is going for a significantly undervalued $0.72, in my opinion. The contract expires 42 days from now on October 1, and there\u2019s no expectation for the government to run a surplus and reduce its liabilities by then, considering that the Treasury is operating with an expanding out-sized deficit. It\u2019s precisely the unbalanced budget dynamics in Washington and in much of the developed world that have raised long-end bond yields to their loftiest levels in decades this week, although geopolitical uncertainties, elevated inflation expectations, volatile energy prices, competition from credit financing for the AI buildout and robust growth have additionally lifted borrowing costs. Furthermore, those heavy interest expenses make it even less likely that the total can potentially drop below $40 trillion by this instrument\u2019s settlement date.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1100\" height=\"417\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/image-166-1100x417.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-254176 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/image-166-1100x417.png 1100w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/image-166-700x265.png 700w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/image-166-300x114.png 300w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/image-166-768x291.png 768w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/image-166-1536x582.png 1536w\" 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