This tool will update daily at 4 p.m. ET on weekdays, excluding federal holidays. Weekly data will update once the previous full week’s data are complete.
On January 27, the Trump administration ordered a freeze on certain federal spending. This announcement, subsequent legal and policy action, and reports that the Department of Government Efficiency has gained access to payment systems have introduced uncertainty about whether particular programs and departments are being funded in accordance with the law.
This data interactive shows actual daily and weekly processed outlays to key programs and departments, as well as to states, Congress, and the Judiciary. This tool only reports outlays of federal funds, meaning the actual transmission of funds from the federal government to another entity. This tool, therefore, allows users to track federal government spending in real time.
To use the interactive, select your desired time period (1, 3, 12, or 36 months), outlay frequency (daily or weekly outlays in billions of dollars), and up to 9 categories (which can include programs like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program [SNAP], agencies like the National Institutes of Health [NIH], and other recipients of federal funding).
One can select or search for outlays to these line items using the “Federal outlay categories” bar. Labels for the outlays in this interactive have been edited for clarity and consistency over time and may not directly match those found on the Daily Treasury Statements. Not every outlay category is present for the entire time series. The glossary lists the names of the outlay line items available in the interactive, abbreviated (both as reported in the Daily Treasury Statements and the interactive), and in full.
This interactive makes no adjustments to the data, meaning that cyclical, seasonal, idiosyncratic, and expected variation in patterns of outlays over time remain. Because this tool only reports outlays, one cannot discern directly whether there is a gap between obligated funds and their outlay. Furthermore, if federal agencies have changed the rate at which they are newly obligating funds (e.g., by declining to sign new contracts), those changes would only gradually be reflected in outlays.
These data are downloadable and can be used for secondary analysis.
This tool is a work in progress. Please contact Lauren Bauer ([email protected]) if you have questions or suggestions.
