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Spending Analysis Briefs
usgovernmentspending.com has analysis pages covering the following topics about government spending in the United States.
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Federal Budget Analysis
usgovernmentspending.com has an analysis that gives an overview of the Federal Budget, including overall spending, deficit, debt, and inflation.
Interest and Inflation Analysis Briefs
usgovernmentspending.com has analysis pages covering the following topics about government interest in the United States.
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Debt and Deficit Analysis Briefs
usgovernmentspending.com has analysis pages covering the following topics about government debt and federal deficits in the United States.
Different ways to look at the federal deficit include:
Spending History Briefs
usgovernmentspending.com has history briefs about government spending in the United States.
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Modern Great Enrichment
usgovernmentspending.com has an analysis of the real per-capita increase in income in the United States over the last two centuries.
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US BUDGET overview and pie chart.
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MILITARY SPENDING details, budget and history.
ENTITLEMENT SPENDING history.
See BAR CHARTS of spending, debt.
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See SPENDING ANALYSIS briefing.
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Take a COURSE at Spending 101.
Make your own CUSTOM CHART.
Spending Data Sources
Spending data is from official government sources.
- Federal spending data since 1962 comes from the president’s budget.
- All other spending data comes from the US Census Bureau.
Gross Domestic Product data comes from US Bureau of Economic Analysis and measuringworth.com.
Detailed table of spending data sources here.
Medicare breakdown here; Medicaid breakdown here.
Federal spending data begins in 1792.
State and local spending data begins in 1820.
State and local spending data for individual states begins in 1957.
Gross Federal Debt
| Debt Now: | $39,209,984,063,577.76 | Debt 2/2020: | $23,409,959,150,243.63 |
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Data Sources for 2026:
GDP, GO: GDP, GO Sources
Federal: Fed. Budget: Hist. Tables 3.2, 5.1, 7.1
State and Local: State and Local Gov. Finances
'Guesstimated' by projecting the latest change in reported spending forward to future years
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Medicare/Social Security 2026 Trustees Report Released
On June 16, 2026, the Center for Medicare Services released its annual Medicare Trustees Report, which projects Medicare spending out to 2095. As in the past, the report shows that federal health-care programs will eat the budget.
In this report the Trustees forecast that Medicare will top out at a little above 6 percent of GDP in the 2080s.
On June 15, 2026, usgovernmentspending.com updated its chart of the Medicare Outlook here based on data in the 2026 Medicare Trustees Report. You can download the data and also view selected Medicare Trustee forecasts going back to 2005.
In June 2026, the Social Security Administration released its annual OASDI Trustees Report, which projects Social Security spending out to 2095. As in the past, the report shows that Social Security spending will max out at about 6 percent of GDP. UsGovernmentspending.com uses the Supplemental Single Year Tables.
On June 15, 2026, usgovernmentspending.com updated its chart of the Social Security Outlook here based on data in the 2026 OASDI Trustees Report. You can download the data and also view selected OASDI Trustee forecasts going back to 1997.
On February 25, 2026 the Congressional Budget Office released its annual Long Term Budget Outlook for 2026, which projects ...
The US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released its Gross State Product (GSP) data for 2025 on April 9, 2026.Usgovernment ...
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Budget News
President’s FY 2025 Budget Release Scheduled for March 11
Although the FY 2024 appropriations process is not yet resolved
Biden to Release Budget March 9
will press McCarthy On Default Risk - Bloomberg
Biden to Release 2023 Budget Request on March 28
how the administration expects to spend money for priorities including aid to Ukraine and the continuing effort to fight the coronavirus pandemic, as well as legislative proposals such as increased funding for community policing programs, cancer research, and mental health education.
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