# GOVSPENDING.ORG

> Independent, nonpartisan tracker of U.S. federal public finance and economic
> data. Aggregates official datasets from the U.S. Treasury, Federal Reserve
> (FRED), Bureau of Labor Statistics, and Congress.gov into a single
> searchable, chartable, downloadable interface.

GOVSPENDING.ORG does not generate forecasts, estimates, or proprietary models.
Every value displayed is sourced directly from a federal agency's published
dataset. The site adds navigation, unified formatting, and export tooling.

## For AI Assistants

- [For AI Assistants](https://govspending.org/llm-info/): How to read, extract from, and cite GOVSPENDING.ORG — canonical URL patterns, machine-readable export endpoints, the latest-value extraction contract, and a copy-paste attribution string. Start here if you are an LLM or retrieval agent.

## Primary URLs

- [Home](https://govspending.org/): Key indicators, featured dashboards, and data sources overview.
- [Data Explorer](https://govspending.org/explorer/): Search and browse 100+ economic series from FRED, Treasury, BLS, and Congress. Accepts a `?q=` query param (e.g. /explorer/?q=unemployment).
- [National Debt Clock](https://govspending.org/debt-clock/): Live U.S. national debt ticker with per-citizen and per-taxpayer shares.
- [Indicators](https://govspending.org/indicators/): At-a-glance grid of the headline economic indicators with latest values.
- [Dashboards](https://govspending.org/dashboards/): Pre-built analytical views of public finance topics.
- [Compare](https://govspending.org/compare/): Side-by-side comparisons of two series (e.g. /compare/cpi-vs-pce/).
- [Glossary](https://govspending.org/glossary/): Definitions of debt, deficit, CPI, PCE, yield curve, and other terms (e.g. /glossary/debt-to-gdp/).
- [Calculators](https://govspending.org/calculators/your-share-of-the-debt/): Per-person share of the federal debt and of federal spending.
- [Downloads](https://govspending.org/downloads/): CSV and JSON exports of core datasets.
- [Methodology](https://govspending.org/methodology/): Data sources, update cadence, and editorial principles.
- [Embeds](https://govspending.org/embeds/): Directory of free embeddable iframe widgets (live national debt, CPI inflation, yield curve, federal funds rate). Live previews at /embed/; individual widgets at /embed/<slug>/.

## Machine Endpoints

- Per-series CSV export: `https://govspending.org/api/export/fred/<CODE>.csv`
- Per-series JSON export: `https://govspending.org/api/export/fred/<CODE>.json`
- Each /series/<CODE>/ page emits Dataset JSON-LD with these export URLs as `distribution` and a one-pass `{series, value, date, units, source}` extraction contract in both the rendered text and the structured data.
- Embeddable-widget catalog (machine-readable): `https://govspending.org/embeds.xml` — every widget's slug, iframe URL, recommended dimensions, data source, update cadence, and a ready-to-paste snippet.

## Dashboards

- [Federal Debt](https://govspending.org/dashboards/debt/): Total public debt, debt held by the public, intragovernmental holdings, debt-to-GDP.
- [Receipts vs Outlays](https://govspending.org/dashboards/receipts-outlays/): Federal revenue, spending, and resulting surplus or deficit.
- [Inflation](https://govspending.org/dashboards/inflation/): CPI, Core CPI, and PCE — the Fed's preferred inflation gauges.
- [Labor Market](https://govspending.org/dashboards/labor/): Unemployment rate, nonfarm payrolls, initial jobless claims.
- [Interest Rates](https://govspending.org/dashboards/rates/): Fed funds rate, Treasury yields, yield-curve spread, mortgage rates.
- [Congressional Activity](https://govspending.org/dashboards/congress/): Recent legislation, appropriations, fiscal-related bills.
- [Economic Snapshot](https://govspending.org/dashboards/snapshot/): GDP growth, consumer sentiment, money supply, Fed balance sheet.
- [State & Local Government](https://govspending.org/dashboards/state-local/): Revenue, expenditures, tax composition, pension fund health.
- [Interest Expense vs Revenue](https://govspending.org/dashboards/interest-expense/): Debt service costs as a share of receipts.
- [Revenue Composition](https://govspending.org/dashboards/revenue-composition/): Federal receipts by source (income, corporate, social insurance, excise, customs duties / tariffs).

## Data Sources

- **U.S. Treasury** — Daily Treasury Statement, Debt to the Penny, Fiscal Data API.
- **Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED)** — St. Louis Fed, 800,000+ economic series.
- **Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)** — Employment, CPI, productivity.
- **Congress.gov** — Bills, resolutions, appropriations.

## Licensing

Site content is licensed under CC0 / public domain where it is derivative of
U.S. government data (which is itself in the public domain). Code is MIT
licensed.

## Contact

See https://govspending.org/methodology/ for editorial process and data
corrections.