Interest Payments Today — Latest Value & Live Data
Interest Payments reads $1.25T as of 2026-04-01. Change from prior reading: +0.03. Current value sits at the 99th percentile of the trailing 5 years. Sourced from fred, refreshed every 6 hours, and free to access via the JSON API.
A091RC1Q027SBEA — federal government current expenditures on interest, from the BEA national accounts. Quarterly, and reported at a seasonally adjusted ANNUAL rate: the latest print is the run-rate the government is paying per year, not what it paid in that quarter. This is gross accrued interest and runs above the Treasury's "net interest" outlay line, which nets out intragovernmental receipts. Published about a month after the quarter closes, then revised.
Core Print
$1.25T+0.03
Historical Position: 99%Last updated: 2026-04-01
Historical Position99%
Current Interpretation
Interest Payments is currently 1.25 (daily change +0.03). Based on its standardized historical distribution (z-score), current positioning reflects a "tightening bias". Check related plumbing indicators to evaluate broader systemic conditions.