The total public debt includes 23.5 trillion dollars in debt held by the public and 6.5 trillion dollars in intergovernmental holdings.

公共债务总额包括公众持有的债务 23.5 万亿美元，以及政府间持有债务 6.5 万亿美元。

When it comes to debt held by the public, six percent is owned by state and local governments and 15% by the Federal Reserve.

就公众持有的债务而言， 州和地方政府拥有 6%，美联储拥有 15%。

You can see in this chart, federal debt held by the public spiked during World War II and during the financial crisis, when the government borrowed money to boost the economy.

您可以在这张图表中看到，公众持有的联邦债务在第二次世界大战和金融危机期间飙升，当时政府借钱来刺激经济。