usfiscaldata

name	usfiscaldata
description	Query the U.S. Treasury Fiscal Data API for federal financial data including national debt, government spending, revenue, interest rates, exchange rates, and savings bonds. Access 54 datasets and 182 data tables with no API key required. Use when working with U.S. federal fiscal data, national debt tracking (Debt to the Penny), Daily Treasury Statements, Monthly Treasury Statements, Treasury securities auctions, interest rates on Treasury securities, foreign exchange rates, savings bonds, or any U.S. government financial statistics.
license	MIT
tags	["scientific-skills","usfiscaldata","api","sales","statistics"]
metadata	{"skill-author":"K-Dense Inc."}

-----|---------|-------------| | fields= | fields=record_date,tot_pub_debt_out_amt | Select specific columns | | filter= | filter=record_date:gte:2024-01-01 | Filter records | | sort= | sort=-record_date | Sort (prefix - for descending) | | format= | format=json | Output format: json, csv, xml | | page[size]= | page[size]=100 | Records per page (default 100) | | page[number]= | page[number]=2 | Page index (starts at 1) |

Filter operators: lt, lte, gt, gte, eq, in

# Multiple filters separated by comma
"filter=country_currency_desc:in:(Canada-Dollar,Mexico-Peso),record_date:gte:2024-01-01"

Key Datasets & Endpoints

Debt

Dataset	Endpoint	Frequency
Debt to the Penny	/v2/accounting/od/debt_to_penny	Daily
Historical Debt Outstanding	/v2/accounting/od/historical_debt_outstanding	Annual
Schedules of Federal Debt	/v1/accounting/od/schedules_fed_debt	Monthly

Daily & Monthly Statements

Dataset	Endpoint	Frequency
DTS Operating Cash Balance	/v1/accounting/dts/operating_cash_balance	Daily
DTS Deposits & Withdrawals	/v1/accounting/dts/deposits_withdrawals_operating_cash	Daily
Monthly Treasury Statement (MTS)	/v1/accounting/mts/mts_table_1 (16 tables)	Monthly

Interest Rates & Exchange

Dataset	Endpoint	Frequency
Average Interest Rates on Treasury Securities	/v2/accounting/od/avg_interest_rates	Monthly
Treasury Reporting Rates of Exchange	/v1/accounting/od/rates_of_exchange	Quarterly
Interest Expense on Public Debt	/v2/accounting/od/interest_expense	Monthly

Securities & Auctions

Dataset	Endpoint	Frequency
Treasury Securities Auctions Data	/v1/accounting/od/auctions_query	As Needed
Treasury Securities Upcoming Auctions	/v1/accounting/od/upcoming_auctions	As Needed
Average Interest Rates	/v2/accounting/od/avg_interest_rates	Monthly

Savings Bonds

Dataset	Endpoint	Frequency
I Bonds Interest Rates	/v2/accounting/od/i_bond_interest_rates	Semi-Annual
U.S. Treasury Savings Bonds: Issues, Redemptions & Maturities	/v1/accounting/od/sb_issues_redemptions	Monthly

Response Structure

{
  "data": [...],
  "meta": {
    "count": 100,
    "total-count": 3790,
    "total-pages": 38,
    "labels": {"field_name": "Human Readable Label"},
    "dataTypes": {"field_name": "STRING|NUMBER|DATE|CURRENCY"},
    "dataFormats": {"field_name": "String|10.2|YYYY-MM-DD"}
  },
  "links": {"self": "...", "first": "...", "prev":     

Note: All values are returned as strings. Convert as needed (e.g., float(), pd.to_datetime()). Null values appear as the string "null".

Common Patterns

Load all pages into a DataFrame

def fetch_all_pages(endpoint, params=None):
    params = params or {}
    params["page[size]"] = 10000  # max size to minimize requests
    resp = requests.get(f"{BASE_URL}{endpoint}", params=params)
    result = resp.json()
    df = pd.DataFrame(result["data"])
    return df

Aggregation (automatic sum)

Omitting grouping fields triggers automatic aggregation:

# Sum all deposits/withdrawals by record_date and transaction type
resp = requests.get(f"{BASE_URL}/v1/accounting/dts/deposits_withdrawals_operating_cash", params={
    "fields": "record_date,transaction_type,transaction_today_amt"
})

Reference Files

• api-basics.md — URL structure, HTTP methods, versioning, data types
• parameters.md — All parameters with detailed examples and edge cases
• datasets-debt.md — Debt datasets: Debt to the Penny, Historical Debt, Schedules of Federal Debt, TROR
• datasets-fiscal.md — Daily Treasury Statement, Monthly Treasury Statement, revenue, spending
• datasets-interest-rates.md — Average interest rates, exchange rates, TIPS/CPI, certified interest rates
• datasets-securities.md — Treasury auctions, savings bonds, SLGS, buybacks
• response-format.md — Response objects, error handling, pagination, response codes
• examples.md — Python, R, and pandas code examples for common use cases

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