Seeking Alpha

United States public debt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
During its first term, the Roosevelt administration ran large annual deficits between 2 and 5 percent of GDP. By 1936, the national debt had increased to $33.7 .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_public_debt

Household Debt Vs. GDP : Planet Money : NPR
Feb 27, 2009 . This chart tracks the relationship between household debt and gross domestic product. You'll see two years when Americans' debt becomes .
http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2009/02/household_debt_vs_gdp.html

Using data from the ge auto insurance company (US debt) and the ameritime mortgage (annual global gold production), I come up with the following chart:
Click to enlarge

The GDP Bubble And Why Debt To GDP Is Misleading | WTF Finance
Mar 7, 2011 . Tags: BEA, consumer debt, debt bubble, Debt to GDP, debt to gdp ratio . Many Economists use GDP and Debt to GDP to evaluate the health of .
http://www.wtffinance.com/2011/03/the-gdp-bubble-and-why-debt-to-gdp-is-misleading/

About this author: