These charts show you how big the federal budget is
The charts below are based on information from the Congressional Budget Office, which does nonpartisan analysis for Congress.
Marketplace7d
Federal workers’ salaries represent less than 5% of federal spending and 1% of GDP
That’s 1% of gross domestic product, and almost 5% of total federal spending. The government payroll for other developed ...
Forbes20d
On Spending Cuts, The DOGE Math To Lower Deficits Doesn’t Add Up
This resulted in federal net outlays surging well above the historic average of 20% of GDP, while revenues as a percent of GDP were close to their historic average (see chart) The main concern is ...
U.S. adds 151,000 jobs, short of expectations, as federal workforce shrinks
Unemployment ticked up slightly and the government shed 10,000 employees as DOGE’s job-slashing efforts and Trump’s economic ...
Politico23d
What we know about the 14 percent of federal awards in Trump’s crosshairs
President Donald Trump’s attempts to slash federal spending have provoked a fiscal melee across the government — and mass confusion about what is happening with hundreds of billions of dollars ...
The Government Needs Wealthy Consumer Spending To Keep GDP Growing
A new analysis shows that the top 10% of earners are behind almost half of all consumer spending, which is almost 70% of GDP.
Financial Advisor7d
Without Federal Spending, What's Left Of U.S. GDP Growth?
As already noted, though, most federal spending now consists not of consumption ... economics and other topics involving charts. A former editorial director of the Harvard Business Review, he ...
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Dept of Ed spending soared 749% despite downsizing, new DOGE-inspired initiative reveals
"In many federal agencies, spending has outpaced not just inflation ... picture of the government as it stands." As the group charts more agencies, it will periodically release their findings.