Net interest as a share of receipts, fiscal year to date through August

Fiscal-year-to-date net interest divided by fiscal-year-to-date receipts, multiplied by 100. Only observations through August are compared: the same eleven months of each fiscal year.

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Snapshot: latest · interest-share-receipts source data

Data as of Aug 31, 2026 · Snapshot updated Oct 13, 2026 · Source: U.S. Treasury, Fiscal Data: Monthly Treasury Statement, Table 9 (net interest ÷ total receipts, FYTD)

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Date	Net interest as a share of receipts, fiscal year to date
2026-08-31	21.0
2025-08-31	19.9
2024-08-31	19.2
2023-08-31	15.9
2022-08-31	10.7
2021-08-31	10.0
2020-08-31	11.4
2019-08-31	12.3
2018-08-31	11.1
2017-08-31	9.3
2016-08-31	8.9
2015-08-31	8.1

Reading the evidence

Eleven months into fiscal 2026, net interest outlays were $1,017 billion against $4,845 billion of receipts: 21.0 cents of every dollar the government collected went to interest. At the same point in fiscal 2025 the figure was 19.9 percent; in 2024, 19.2 percent; in 2023, 15.9 percent; in 2019, 12.3 percent. The chart compares the same eleven-month window each year, from the Monthly Treasury Statement, so that partial fiscal years are not set against complete ones.

Commentary reviewed Sep 20, 2026. Data retrieval does not update this commentary.

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