Your Guide to America's Finances
Your Guide to America's Finances
Your Guide to America's Finances is an overview of U.S. government finances for 2021. Here you’ll find information on spending, revenue, the deficit, and debt. The Guide presents a series of interactive visualizations exploring each category and how it has 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.
Your guide to understanding the trillions of dollars that make up the federal balance sheet. Our interactive visualizations walk you through federal spending, revenue, the deficit, and debt.
More Analyses
How much does the government invest in research & development?
How much does the government invest in research & development?
R&D is often associated with the private sector, but in 2020 the federal government backed more than $47 billion in research initiatives through contracts. Our analysis looks at the top agencies by R&D contract funding and where the money is going. See how categories such as energy, education, and space flight stack up and how R&D funding has trended over the last decade.
R&D is often associated with the private sector, but in 2020 the government backed more than $47B in research contracts. Our analysis looks at the top agencies by contract funding and where it went.
Resources
Do you want to conduct your own analysis?
Access Treasury data and create your own charts and visualizations!
API Documentation
Guidance on using the USAspending API and APIs from Fiscal Data API.