# 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. The whole site rebuilds from source data every day at 13:00 UTC; data pages carry the latest observation available at build time. ## For AI Assistants Section last updated: 2026-07-27. - [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. ## Flagship: National Debt Clock Section last updated: 2026-07-27. Data refreshes daily (Treasury "Debt to the Penny"). - [National Debt Clock](https://govspending.org/debt-clock/): Live U.S. national debt ticker anchored to the Treasury's daily figure, with per-citizen, per-taxpayer, and per-household shares, historical context, and an honest interpolation methodology (estimates are labeled as estimates). - [Debt Counter Embed](https://govspending.org/embed/debt-counter/): The same live counter as a free embeddable iframe widget. ## Fiscal Topic Hubs Section last updated: 2026-07-27 (new pages in the July 2026 release). Data refreshes daily. - [Federal Spending](https://govspending.org/federal-spending/): How much the U.S. federal government spends, where the money goes by category and agency, and how outlays compare with receipts — from official Treasury data. - [Debt to GDP](https://govspending.org/debt-to-gdp/): The U.S. debt-to-GDP ratio — current level, historical trajectory, and why the ratio matters — from Treasury debt and BEA GDP data via FRED. - [Daily Treasury Statement](https://govspending.org/daily-treasury-statement/): What the Daily Treasury Statement reports — federal operating cash balance, deposits, and withdrawals — from the Treasury's Fiscal Data API. - [Government Spending Trackers Compared](https://govspending.org/trackers/): Honest comparison of USAspending.gov, USDebtClock.org, and govspending.org — what each measures, its sources, update frequency, and when to use which. ## Primary URLs Section last updated: 2026-07-27. - [Home](https://govspending.org/): Key indicators, featured dashboards, and data sources overview. Refreshes daily. - [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). - [Indicators](https://govspending.org/indicators/): At-a-glance grid of the headline economic indicators with latest values. Refreshes daily. - [Dashboards](https://govspending.org/dashboards/): Pre-built analytical views of public finance topics. Refresh daily. - [Compare](https://govspending.org/compare/): Side-by-side comparisons of two series (e.g. /compare/cpi-vs-pce/), 25 pairs. - [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. Regenerated daily. - [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//. - [About](https://govspending.org/about/): What the site is and its independence: not affiliated with any government agency. ## Machine Endpoints Section last updated: 2026-07-27. Exports regenerate with the daily 13:00 UTC build. - Per-series CSV export: `https://govspending.org/api/export/fred/.csv` - Per-series JSON export: `https://govspending.org/api/export/fred/.json` - Each /series// 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 Section last updated: 2026-07-27. All dashboards refresh daily from source data. - [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). - [Agency Spending](https://govspending.org/dashboards/agency-spending/): Federal outlays by agency from the Treasury's Monthly Treasury Statement. ## Data Sources Section last updated: 2026-07-27. - **U.S. Treasury** — Daily Treasury Statement, Debt to the Penny, Fiscal Data API. Refreshed daily. - **Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED)** — St. Louis Fed, 800,000+ economic series. Mirrors each series' native release cadence. - **Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)** — Employment, CPI, productivity. Monthly releases. - **Congress.gov** — Bills, resolutions, appropriations. Refreshed daily. ## 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.