# United States Monthly federal budget surplus (Treasury MTS, receipts minus outlays)

United States Monthly federal budget surplus (Treasury MTS, receipts minus outlays) was −284,332,743,998 US$ in October 2026, down 257,432,396,896 from September 2026 and up 17,306,784 from a year earlier.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −864,074,068,492 US$ (Jun 2021) to 308,215,060,527 US$ (Apr 2023), averaging −141,806,182,577 US$.

- Source agency: U.S. Treasury FiscalData
- Makrognosis code: `US.GOVBAL.M.NSA`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: US$
- Coverage: 2016-01-01 to 2026-10-01 (130 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-states/monthly-federal-budget-surplus-treasury-mts-receipts-minus-outlays

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| October 2026 | −284,332,743,998 US$ |
| September 2026 | −26,900,347,102 US$ |
| August 2026 | −166,796,952,277 US$ |
| July 2026 | −291,142,660,288 US$ |
| June 2026 | −120,305,275,586 US$ |
| May 2026 | −292,648,462,084 US$ |
| April 2026 | 215,024,140,198 US$ |
| March 2026 | −160,528,321,499 US$ |
| February 2026 | −307,501,433,426 US$ |
| January 2026 | −128,640,206,673 US$ |
| December 2025 | −86,731,619,013 US$ |
| November 2025 | −173,277,175,077 US$ |
| October 2025 | −284,350,050,783 US$ |
| September 2025 | 197,949,630,362 US$ |
| August 2025 | −344,791,891,858 US$ |
| July 2025 | −243,741,087,297 US$ |
| June 2025 | −70,965,292,476 US$ |
| May 2025 | −347,130,893,692 US$ |
| April 2025 | 258,399,949,115 US$ |
| March 2025 | −160,530,321,499 US$ |
| February 2025 | −307,017,194,699 US$ |
| January 2025 | −128,640,206,673 US$ |
| December 2024 | −86,731,619,013 US$ |
| November 2024 | −314,012,002,287 US$ |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US.GOVBAL.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US.GOVBAL.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```