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en-wikipedia-org-8574		National debt of the United States - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	15432	1656	69	In recent decades, aging demographics and rising healthcare costs have led to concern about the long-term sustainability of the federal government's fiscal policies.[3] The aggregate, gross amount that Treasury can borrow is limited by the United States debt ceiling.[4] According to a 2013 Forbes article, many American and other economic analysts have expressed concerns on account of the People's Republic of China's "extensive" holdings of United States government debt,[61][62] as part of their reserves. There is debate regarding the economic nature of the intragovernmental debt, which was approximately $4.6 trillion in February 2011.[85] For example, the CBPP argues: that "large increases in [debt held by the public] can also push up interest rates and increase the amount of future interest payments the federal government must make to lenders outside of the United States, which reduces Americans' income.	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-8574.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-8574.txt