What will public US debt be as a percent of GDP for Q4 2024?
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99.0%
> 115%
99.0%
> 100%
99.0%
> 120%
40%
> 122%
1.0%
> 125%

Resolves based on FRED https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/GFDEGDQ188S which seems to be updated sometime after the quarterly GDP numbers are released, so we'll aim for late January 2025.

I will add more options if the numbers move significantly outside the current range. All markets that are correct will resolve YES.

As a starting point, it is 121.7% as of Q4 2023.

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Next update 27 March 2025 will presumably use the third update figures

I get debt at $36.218605 T
2nd estimate current dollar GDP $ 29.720 T
https://www.jec.senate.gov/public/vendor/_accounts/JEC-R/gdp/Monthly-GDP-Update.pdf

Using above figures, looks like around 121.866%

However third estimate of GDP could be revised down which could push it above 122%

Perhaps more importantly there are also other figures around e.g.

https://www.bea.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/gdp4q24-2nd.pdf
Page 9 shows seasonally adjusted figures Quarter by quarter showing 29.719.6 but also a revised figure for 2024 of 29,183.8.

I don't know which figure should/will be used, but if it is the latter one with any 4th quarter 3rd estimate revisions then it could be nearer 124.1%

My conclusion is: Don't trust my calculations they could be miles out.

filled a Ṁ25 NO at 1.0% order

I will wait till the FRED dataset updates to resolve according to the resolution criteria, but I believe it's possible to get the public debt and GDP number separately and project what FRED will update to

Up to 122.3% in Q1 2024. Seems to move about 1% per quarter on avg. With only 1 move not in a recession that was greater than 3%. Mean it is extremely likely to be between 116% and 128% with it only going over 130 in a recession.

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