Spending on Interest and Other Categories During the 2010s
The U.S. spent more on interest on the national debt than it has on other national priorities over the past decade.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0308_interest_spending_priorities
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The U.S. spent more on interest on the national debt than it has on other national priorities over the past decade.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0308_interest_spending_priorities
Discretionary spending is projected to stay below its historical share of GDP.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0177_discretionary_low_levels
The portion of health spending paid by the government is growing.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0090-composition-health-spending
Most infrastructure spending in the United States comes from state and local governments
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0274_federal_state_local_infrastructure_spending
State and local governments outspend the federal government in every infrastructure category
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0275_infrastructure_spending_by_category
Sequestration is a budget procedure used by lawmakers to cancel or limit funding in order to meet budget goals.
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/budget-basics-what-is-sequestration
“The national debt is already $34 trillion, but as it grows over the next three decades, we’ll spend more than double that on interest alone,” said Michael A. Peterson.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/2024/03/fci-press-release
Elderly and disabled beneficiaries make up a majority of Medicaid spending.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0094_spending_medicaid_beneficiaries
Projections of federal healthcare spending have improved but are still climbing as a share of the economy.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0200_healthcare_share_econ_proj
Every month the U.S. Treasury releases data on the federal budget, including the current deficit. Here is the latest data for Fiscal Year 2024, charted out monthly and on a year-over-year basis.