# United States Real Govt: Federal (q/q SAAR)

United States Real Govt: Federal (q/q SAAR) was 15.8% in Q3 2026, up 18.2 percentage points from Q2 2026 and up 15.3 percentage points from a year earlier.
That is the highest reading since Q1 2021.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −15.7% (Q4 2025) to 32.5% (Q2 2020), averaging 2.3%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
- Makrognosis code: `US.GDP.Q.REAL.GRP-GOV-FED`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: % SAAR
- Coverage: 1966-01-01 to 2026-07-01 (243 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-states/real-govt-federal-q-q-saar

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 15.8% |
| Q2 2026 | −2.4% |
| Q1 2026 | 10.9% |
| Q4 2025 | −15.7% |
| Q3 2025 | 0.5% |
| Q2 2025 | −0.4% |
| Q1 2025 | −6.6% |
| Q4 2024 | 3.3% |
| Q3 2024 | 5.4% |
| Q2 2024 | 3.6% |
| Q1 2024 | 2.1% |
| Q4 2023 | 3.5% |
| Q3 2023 | 6.5% |
| Q2 2023 | 0.7% |
| Q1 2023 | 4.6% |
| Q4 2022 | 8.7% |
| Q3 2022 | −1.7% |
| Q2 2022 | −3.2% |
| Q1 2022 | −8.2% |
| Q4 2021 | 3.5% |
| Q3 2021 | −8.1% |
| Q2 2021 | −7.8% |
| Q1 2021 | 17.3% |
| Q4 2020 | 0.4% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US.GDP.Q.REAL.GRP-GOV-FED"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US.GDP.Q.REAL.GRP-GOV-FED",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```