each US citizen is going into debt $28.12 per day US debt on Sept 8/2017 = $20 trillion. US debt on October 25/2017=$20.427 trillion. Debt added over 42 days = $427 billion. Debt added per day = $9.08 billion. US population = 323.1 million. Debt added per day per citizen = $28.12. The asymptotic accumulation of US debt is putting a floor under gold prices. Fiat paper currency has an infinite supply while the gold and silver supply is finite. :)