<div id="readability-page-1">Debt hits record: Gross national debt has reached $39 trillion, surpassing annual GDP, with interest costs now exceeding spending on Medicare or Medicaid. Policy tools constrained: Sticky inflation and heavy borrowing limit the Fed’s and government’s traditional recession-fighting measures, raising concerns over economic resilience. Future burden rising: CBO projects nearly a third of tax revenue could go to debt interest by 2036, reducing funds for current services.</div>

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<p>The US faces recession risks as gross national debt reaches a record $39 trillion, surpassing annual GDP. Interest costs now exceed Medicare and Medicaid spending. Sticky inflation and heavy borrowing limit traditional recession-fighting measures, raising concerns about economic resilience. The CBO projects that by 2036, nearly a third of tax revenue could be allocated to debt interest, reducing funds for current services.</p>

- The gross national debt has reached $39 trillion, exceeding annual GDP, with interest costs surpassing Medicare and Medicaid spending.  
- Sticky inflation and heavy borrowing are constraining traditional recession-fighting measures by the Fed and government, raising concerns over economic resilience.  
- The CBO projects that by 2036, nearly a third of tax revenue could be allocated to debt interest, which may reduce funding for current services.

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Economist warns US faces recession risk with record $39T debt