MONTHLY STATEMENT OF THE PUBLIC DEBT
OF THE UNITED STATES

NOVEMBER 30, 1998
(Details may not add to totals)

TABLE I -- SUMMARY OF PUBLIC DEBT OUTSTANDING, NOVEMBER 30, 1998  AND
COMPARATIVE FIGURES FOR NOVEMBER 30, 1997

(Amount in millions of dollars)

                                                         NOVEMBER 30, 1998             NOVEMBER 30,1997

Title
                                                         Average           Amount      Average             Amount
                                                         Interest Rate   Outstanding   Interest Rate    Outstanding

Interest-bearing Debt:
  Marketable:
    Treasury Bills.......................................   1  4.918         $685,481     1  5.444           $718,906
    Treasury Notes.......................................      6.239        1,974,251        6.404          2,079,406
    Treasury Bonds.......................................      8.645          621,166        8.823            587,335
    Treasury Inflation-Indexed Notes.....................      3.641           50,473        3.616             32,952
    Treasury Inflation-Indexed Bonds.....................      3.710           17,001          N/A              N/A
    Federal Financing Bank 2.............................      8.917           15,000        8.917             15,000
  Total Marketable.......................................   3  6.437        3,363,372     3  6.636          3,433,599

  Nonmarketable:
    Domestic Series......................................      7.932           29,995        7.931             29,995
    Foreign Series.......................................      6.988           34,417        7.781             34,459
    R.E.A. Series........................................      5.000                1        5.000                  1
    State and Local Government Series....................      5.812          163,360        6.266            122,080
    United States Savings Securities.....................      6.371          181,469        6.412            183,055
    Government Account Series............................      6.896        1,811,934        7.336          1,622,966
  Total Nonmarketable....................................      6.774        2,221,176        7.186          1,992,556
Total Interest-bearing Debt..............................   3  6.572        5,584,548     3  6.838          5,426,155

Noninterest-bearing Debt:
  Not Subject to the Statutory Debt Limit................     ..........          531       ..........            535
  Subject to the Statutory Debt Limit....................     ..........        6,900       ..........         35,932
Total Noninterest-bearing Debt...........................     ..........        7,431       ..........         36,467
Total Public Debt Outstanding............................     ..........    5,591,979       ..........      5,462,622

TABLE II -- STATUTORY DEBT LIMIT, NOVEMBER 30, 1998

(Amount in millions of dollars)

Public Debt Subject to Limit:
  Public Debt Outstanding.............................................................................     $5,591,979
  Less amounts not subject to limit:
    Noninterest-bearing Debt..........................................................................            531
    Unamortized Discount  4...........................................................................         69,422
    Federal Financing Bank............................................................................         15,000
  Total Public Debt subject to limit..................................................................      5,507,026
  Other debt subject to limit:
    Guaranteed Debt of Government agencies............................................................            198
  Total Debt Subject to limit.........................................................................      5,507,224
  Statutory Debt Limit  5.............................................................................      5,950,000
  Balance of Statutory Debt Limit.....................................................................        442,776


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