How to hit the US Treasury Fiscal Data API

Fiscal Data at https://api.fiscaldata.treasury.gov/services/api/fiscal_service publishes US Treasury datasets: the national debt, interest rates, exchange rates, and more.

Authentication

None — no key, no signup. Every example runs as-is.

Full reference: https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/api-documentation/

National debt, latest

Sort with a leading - for newest first.

curl "https://api.fiscaldata.treasury.gov/services/api/fiscal_service/v2/accounting/od/debt_to_penny?sort=-record_date&page%5Bsize%5D=1"
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Example response (trimmed)
{
  "data": [
    {
      "record_date": "2026-09-22",
      "debt_held_public_amt": "32375685818022.20",
      "intragov_hold_amt": "7722148210419.87",
      "tot_pub_debt_out_amt": "40097834028442.07",
      "src_line_nbr": "1",
      "record_fiscal_year": "2026",
      "record_fiscal_quarter": "4",
      "record_calendar_year": "2026",
      "record_calendar_quarter": "3",
      "record_calendar_month": "09",
      "record_calendar_day": "22"
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "count": 1,
    "labels": {
      "record_date": "Record Date",
      "debt_held_public_amt": "Debt Held by the Public",
      "intragov_hold_amt": "Intragovernmental Holdings",
      "tot_pub_debt_out_amt": "Total Public Debt Outstanding",
      "src_line_nbr": "Source Line Number",
      "record_fiscal_year": "Fiscal Year",
      "record_fiscal_quarter": "Fiscal Quarter Number",
      "record_calendar_year": "Calendar Year",
      "record_calendar_quarter": "Calendar Quarter Number",
      "record_calendar_month": "Calendar Month Number",
      "record_calendar_day": "Calendar Day Number"
    },
    "dataTypes": {
      "record_date": "DATE",
      "debt_held_public_amt": "CURRENCY",
      "intragov_hold_amt": "CURRENCY",
      "tot_pub_debt_out_amt": "CURRENCY",
      "src_line_nbr": "INTEGER",
      "record_fiscal_year": "YEAR",
      "record_fiscal_quarter": "QUARTER",
      "record_calendar_year": "YEAR",
      "record_calendar_quarter": "QUARTER",
      "record_calendar_month": "MONTH",
      "record_calendar_day": "DAY"
    },
    "dataFormats": {
      "record_date": "YYYY-MM-DD",
      "debt_held_public_amt": "$10.20",
      "intragov_hold_amt": "$10.20",
      "tot_pub_debt_out_amt": "$10.20",
      "src_line_nbr": "10",
      "record_fiscal_year": "YYYY",
      "record_fiscal_quarter": "Q",
      "record_calendar_year": "YYYY",
      "record_calendar_quarter": "Q",
      "record_calendar_month": "MM",
      "record_calendar_day": "DD"
    },
    "total-count": 8398,
    "total-pages": 8398
  },
  "links": {
    "self": "&page%5Bnumber%5D=1&page%5Bsize%5D=1",
    "first": "&page%5Bnumber%5D=1&page%5Bsize%5D=1",
    "prev": null,
    "next": "&page%5Bnumber%5D=2&page%5Bsize%5D=1",
    "last": "&page%5Bnumber%5D=8398&page%5Bsize%5D=1"
  }
}

Average interest rates

curl "https://api.fiscaldata.treasury.gov/services/api/fiscal_service/v2/accounting/od/avg_interest_rates?sort=-record_date&page%5Bsize%5D=2"
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Example response (trimmed)
{
  "data": [
    {
      "record_date": "2026-08-31",
      "security_type_desc": "Marketable",
      "security_desc": "Treasury Bills",
      "avg_interest_rate_amt": "3.788",
      "src_line_nbr": "1",
      "record_fiscal_year": "2026",
      "record_fiscal_quarter": "4",
      "record_calendar_year": "2026",
      "record_calendar_quarter": "3",
      "record_calendar_month": "08",
      "record_calendar_day": "31"
    },
    {
      "record_date": "2026-08-31",
      "security_type_desc": "Marketable",
      "security_desc": "Treasury Notes",
      "avg_interest_rate_amt": "3.345",
      "src_line_nbr": "2",
      "record_fiscal_year": "2026",
      "record_fiscal_quarter": "4",
      "record_calendar_year": "2026",
      "record_calendar_quarter": "3",
      "record_calendar_month": "08",
      "record_calendar_day": "31"
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "count": 2,
    "labels": {
      "record_date": "Record Date",
      "security_type_desc": "Security Type Description",
      "security_desc": "Security Description",
      "avg_interest_rate_amt": "Average Interest Rate Amount",
      "src_line_nbr": "Source Line Number",
      "record_fiscal_year": "Fiscal Year",
      "record_fiscal_quarter": "Fiscal Quarter Number",
      "record_calendar_year": "Calendar Year",
      "record_calendar_quarter": "Calendar Quarter Number",
      "record_calendar_month": "Calendar Month Number",
      "record_calendar_day": "Calendar Day Number"
    },
    "dataTypes": {
      "record_date": "DATE",
      "security_type_desc": "STRING",
      "security_desc": "STRING",
      "avg_interest_rate_amt": "PERCENTAGE",
      "src_line_nbr": "INTEGER",
      "record_fiscal_year": "YEAR",
      "record_fiscal_quarter": "QUARTER",
      "record_calendar_year": "YEAR",
      "record_calendar_quarter": "QUARTER",
      "record_calendar_month": "MONTH",
      "record_calendar_day": "DAY"
    },
    "dataFormats": {
      "record_date": "YYYY-MM-DD",
      "security_type_desc": "String",
      "security_desc": "String",
      "avg_interest_rate_amt": "10.2%",
      "src_line_nbr": "10",
      "record_fiscal_year": "YYYY",
      "record_fiscal_quarter": "Q",
      "record_calendar_year": "YYYY",
      "record_calendar_quarter": "Q",
      "record_calendar_month": "MM",
      "record_calendar_day": "DD"
    },
    "total-count": 5009,
    "total-pages": 2505
  },
  "links": {
    "self": "&page%5Bnumber%5D=1&page%5Bsize%5D=2",
    "first": "&page%5Bnumber%5D=1&page%5Bsize%5D=2",
    "prev": null,
    "next": "&page%5Bnumber%5D=2&page%5Bsize%5D=2",
    "last": "&page%5Bnumber%5D=2505&page%5Bsize%5D=2"
  }
}