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- 米国債上限（べいこくさいじょうげん、英語：debt ceiling）、または米国債シーリングは、アメリカ政府法律によって米国債を発行する上限金額である。 (ja)
- The United States debt ceiling or debt limit is a legislative limit on the amount of national debt that can be incurred by the U.S. Treasury, thus limiting how much money the federal government may pay on the debt they already borrowed. The debt ceiling is an aggregate figure that applies to the gross debt, which includes debt in the hands of the public and in intra-government accounts. About 0.5% of debt is not covered by the ceiling. Because expenditures are authorized by separate legislation, the debt ceiling does not directly limit government deficits. In effect, it can only restrain the Treasury from paying for expenditures and other financial obligations after the limit has been reached, but which have already been approved (in the budget) and appropriated. When the debt ceiling is actually reached without an increase in the limit having been enacted, Treasury will need to resort to "extraordinary measures" to temporarily finance government expenditures and obligations until a resolution can be reached. The Treasury has never reached the point of exhausting extraordinary measures, resulting in default, although on some occasions, it appeared that Congress might allow a default to take place. If this situation were to occur, it is unclear whether Treasury would be able to prioritize payments on debt to avoid a default on its bond obligations, but it would at least have to default on some of its non-bond payment obligations. A protracted default could trigger a variety of economic problems including a financial crisis, and a decline in output that would put the country into an economic recession. Management of the United States public debt is an important part of the macroeconomics of the United States economy and finance system, and the debt ceiling is a constraint on the executive's ability to manage the U.S. economy. There is debate, however, on how the U.S. economy should be managed, and whether a debt ceiling is an appropriate mechanism for restraining government spending. (en)
- Het Schuldenplafond van de Verenigde Staten (ook wel aangeduid als de debt ceiling) is het wettelijke plafond voor de toegestane hoogte van de Amerikaanse staatsschuld. Zodra dit bedrag wordt bereikt dienen alle niet-essentiële activiteiten direct gestaakt te worden. Sinds het instellen van dit plafond (in 1917) werd dit met grote regelmaat opgehoogd, hoewel zich enkele keren korte perioden voordeden dat een dergelijke "government shutdown" optrad. In april 2011 leidde dit tot een crisis, die uiteindelijk werd afgewend. In 2013, terwijl de VS kampten met een begrotingscrisis, werd gewaarschuwd dat daar nog een schuldencrisis bij kon komen, maar dat werd op het laatste moment afgewend. (nl)
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