The U.S. national debt ($19.5 trillion) is:
- Larger than the 500 largest American companies (S&P 500) combined ($19.1 trillion)
- Larger than the total combined assets of the world’s top seven money managers ($18.9 trillion)
- 25 times larger than the value of all oil exported globally in a year ($786 billion)
- 155 times larger than the value of all gold mined in the world in a year ($125 billion)
