Your Guide to America's Finances
Your Guide to America's Finances
Your Guide to America's Finances is an overview of federal government finances in 2018, providing information on spending, revenue, the deficit, and debt. The Guide, which is created by Treasury's Data Lab, presents a series of interactive visualizations to allow you to explore these categories and how they have changed over time. Ultimately, the Guide seeks to provide a comprehensive overview of the trillions of dollars collected and spent by the federal government each year.
The Guide presents straightforward information about the federal government's spending and revenue, as well as the deficit and debt in 2018.
Visualizing the Daily Treasury Statement
How much does the federal
government spend each day?
All categories
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Contract Spending Analysis
How has federal
contract spending
changed over time?
We explore 10 years of contract data, and provide an analysis of the impact of short-term continuing resolutions on contract spending.
Contract Explorer
Who receives
federal
contracts?
The federal government spends about $500 billion each year on contracts. Learn more about contract recipients and what agencies receive from these contracts.
More Analyses
Homelessness Analysis
Explore federal programs that address
homelessness
On a single night in 2016, more than 500,000 people experienced homelessness in the United States. With our visualizations, you can see which federal programs are addressing homelessness, the amount of federal spending on homelessness by region, and where individuals experiencing homelessness are located. We also provide information about which regions are similar to others based on their homeless populations and funding profiles.
Resources
Do you want
to conduct your
own analysis?
Access Treasury data and
create your own charts and
visualizations!
API Guide
Guidance on accessing Treasury
data with open source code.
Analyst Guide
Methods to easily navigate data
from our sister site,
USAspending.gov
Student Innovators Toolbox
Ways for professors and students to get involved.