Debt Crisis: US Borrowing Costs Now Running Right Around $360 Billion A Year

How much will an average yield of 5% on Treasuries cost the govt?
The Interest Expense on the Debt Outstanding includes the monthly interest for:

• U.S. Treasury notes and bonds
• Foreign and domestic series certificates of indebtedness, notes and bonds
• Savings bonds
• Government Account Series (GAS)
• State and Local Government series (SLGs) and other special purpose securities.

Amortized discount or premium on bills, notes and bonds is also included in the monthly interest expense.
The fiscal year represents the total interest expense on the Debt Outstanding for a given fiscal year. This includes the months of October through September. View current month details (XLS Format, File size 163KB, uploaded 07/05/2013).
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Interest Expense Fiscal Year 2013
June	$93,031,790,187.97
May	$24,378,480,861.09
April	$35,951,751,963.63
March	$23,472,400,737.30
February	$16,901,310,565.17
January	$17,816,590,831.57
December	$95,736,594,801.52
November	$25,068,968,472.99
October	$12,922,741,407.27
Fiscal Year Total	$345,280,629,828.51

** Due to a change in the accounting method for the Department of Defense (DOD) market-based securities, a one time adjustment of $75 billion decreased the Interest Expense on the Public Debt for the month of July.

Available Historical Data Fiscal Year End
2012	$359,796,008,919.49
2011	$454,393,280,417.03
2010	$413,954,825,362.17
2009	$383,071,060,815.42
2008	$451,154,049,950.63
2007	$429,977,998,108.20
2006	$405,872,109,315.83
2005	$352,350,252,507.90
2004	$321,566,323,971.29
2003	$318,148,529,151.51
2002	$332,536,958,599.42
2001	$359,507,635,242.41
2000	$361,997,734,302.36
1999	$353,511,471,722.87
1998	$363,823,722,920.26
1997	$355,795,834,214.66
1996	$343,955,076,695.15
1995	$332,413,555,030.62
1994	$296,277,764,246.26
1993	$292,502,219,484.25
1992	$292,361,073,070.74
1991	$286,021,921,181.04
1990	$264,852,544,615.90
1989	$240,863,231,535.71
1988	$214,145,028,847.73

http://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/ir/ir_expense.htm
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