US National Debt Predictions

Browse US National Debt market predictions and forecasts from well-known financial commentators. Each prediction is tracked from the date it was published to its estimated deadline, then graded correct or wrong based on the outcome.

11 forecasts 7 commentators 11 pending
11 forecasts
Person Subject Forecast* Source Date Deadline** Outcome
Peter Schiff US National Debt US annual interest expense will reach $2 trillion by next year (2027)
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[9:20] By next year, it's going to be two trillion. And again, it's not going to stop at two trillion. It's going to keep on going up and up

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The Julia La Roche Show 2026-06-23 2027-12-31 pending
Bill Holter US National Debt US debt service costs will rise above the current $1.5 trillion level as deficits continue to grow.
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[7:21] Now we're looking at 1.5 trillion in debt service and that's what it's 25% or better than uh the cash flow from tax revenues. And that 1.5 trillion is only going to go higher from here because we're at the point now where, like you said, the deficits are getting bigger.

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Palisade Radio 2026-06-13 2028-06-11 pending
Nomi Prins US National Debt US national debt will reach approximately $40 trillion by end of 2026
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[11:54] we've got a $39 trillion um amount of debt outstanding, which is only going to increase. So, if you even look at, you know, let's round that up to 40 by the end of the year.

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The David Lin Report 2026-06-04 2026-12-31 pending
Peter Schiff US National Debt US national debt will hit $50 trillion before the end of Trump's presidential term (by January 2029)
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[12:02] I think we're going to hit 50 trillion before Trump finishes his term. and and that's going to be because the Fed is going to be back in QE mode, uh, monetizing a lot of this debt that the rest of the world no longer wants to finance.

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Kitco NEWS 2026-05-26 2029-01-20 pending
Brett Heath US National Debt US gross debt will reach approximately $40 trillion in the next couple of years
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[7:29] The US gross amount of debt will be pushing probably $40 trillion in the next couple years.

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The David Lin Report 2026-04-01 2028-04-01 pending
Brett Heath US National Debt The US could experience some type of soft default or debt restructure in the next two to three years
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[12:54] potentially there could be some type of soft default or some type of restructure in the next kind of two to three years.

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The David Lin Report 2026-04-01 2029-04-01 pending
Peter Schiff US National Debt US national debt will reach $50 trillion before Trump finishes his term.
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[1:49] I think we might actually hit 50 trillion before Trump finishes his term. So that'd be about 11 trillion more in debt over the next 3 years.

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The Julia La Roche Show 2026-03-19 2029-01-20 pending
Peter Schiff US National Debt A sovereign debt and dollar crisis will hit either this year or next year
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[5:27] Gold and silver breaking out is a similar warning that the sovereign debt and dollar crisis are going to hit and they might hit even this year, but I would say either this year or or next year.

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The David Lin Report 2026-01-29 2027-12-31 pending
Ron Paul US National Debt The fiat monetary system is nearing a climactic end
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[0:00] We're nearing a climactic end to this and uh the system may not make it that far because of this uh rush to just get rid of the money

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The David Lin Report 2026-01-28 2029-01-28 pending
Matthew Piepenberg US National Debt US debt to GDP ratio will hit 143% by the end of the decade
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[21:41] The US debt to GDP ratio expected to be 125% of GDP this year will surpass record highs to hit 143% by the end of the decade.

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The David Lin Report 2025-10-15 2029-12-31 pending
Jeff Christian US National Debt US debt will rise from $36 trillion to close to $60 trillion within a few years
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[11:07] you're talking about the US debt going from 36 trillion to something close to 60 trillion within a few years.

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The David Lin Report 2025-04-22 2029-04-22 pending