A graph depicting the total amount of interest paid on US debt by sector 1960-2008. Data on interest payments comes from the US Department of Commerce <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.bea.gov/national/nipaweb/TableView.asp?SelectedTable=288&amp;ViewSeries=NO&amp;Java=no&amp;Request3Place=N&amp;3Place=N&amp;FromView=YES&amp;Freq=Year&amp;FirstYear=1960&amp;LastYear=2008&amp;3Place=N&amp;Update=Update&amp;JavaBox=no#Mid">http://www.bea.gov/national/nipaweb/TableView.asp?SelectedTable=288&amp;ViewSeries=NO&amp;Java=no&amp;Request3Place=N&amp;3Place=N&amp;FromView=YES&amp;Freq=Year&amp;FirstYear=1960&amp;LastYear=2008&amp;3Place=N&amp;Update=Update&amp;JavaBox=no#Mid</a> and data on GDP comes from the Federal Reserve <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.federalreserve.gov/datadownload/Download.aspx?rel=Z1&amp;series=654245a7abac051cc4a9060c911e1fa4&amp;filetype=csv&amp;label=include&amp;layout=seriescolumn&amp;from=01/01/1945&amp;to=12/31/2010">https://www.federalreserve.gov/datadownload/Download.aspx?rel=Z1&amp;series=654245a7abac051cc4a9060c911e1fa4&amp;filetype=csv&amp;label=include&amp;layout=seriescolumn&amp;from=01/01/1945&amp;to=12/31/2010</a> as retrieved on 27 June 2010
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2010-06-27
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