National Debt Passes $16Trillion, Rate of Accumulation is Speeding Up TOPICS:16 trilliondebtdnc conventionMoving Fasternational debtNational Debt Passes $16Trillion Rate of Accumulation is Speeding Upno mention of itobamanomicsout of control spendingspendingTreasury Makes Adjustment Posted By: BMartin1776 September 5, 2012 So it actually hit $16T friday, the rate of accumulation is speeding up… There was no mention of it yesterday at the DNC convention. Do you know why? They couldn’t careless thats why!