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AP Explains: US debt will soon exceed size of entire economy

by AP Economics Writer
| September 5, 2020 7:27 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government's war against the coronavirus is imposing the heaviest strain on the Treasury since America's drive to defeat Nazi Germany and imperial Japan three-quarters of a century ago.

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