Personal outlays: Personal current transfer payments: To government (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Personal income and its disposition
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. According to national-accounts data for the United States published by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the item "Personal outlays: Personal current transfer payments: To government" was 151,293 USD million (annual rate) in May 2026, versus 151,152 in April 2026. This marks a rise of 0.09 percent.
Sample. There are 809 observations overall in the monthly series shown in the figure above. The series covers the span of time going from January 1959 to May 2026.
History. Here's a peek at some statistics we calculated on the entire sample: this national-accounts item achieved a maximum of 151,293 USD million in May 2026; it reached its lowest level of 309 in January 1960; it had an average value of 43,508.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollar million |
|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | 151000.0 |
| 2026-04-30 | 151152.0 |
| 2026-05-31 | 151293.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Personal outlays: Personal current transfer payments: To government |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Flow |
| Data type | Nominal aggregate |
| Seasonally adjusted | Yes |
| Deflation method | Current prices |
| Rescaling | Annual rate |
| Measure type | Level |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | US dollar million |
| Source | Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) |
| Source type | National statistical agency |
| Data licence | Open data |
| Other information | Not available |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | SM1 |
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Top-level items
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal income (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 809 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-05-31 |
| Personal current taxes (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 809 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-05-31 |
| Disposable personal income (personal income less personal current taxes) (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 809 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-05-31 |
| Personal outlays (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 809 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-05-31 |
| Personal saving (disposable personal income less personal outlays) (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 809 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-05-31 |
Personal income detail
Personal outlays detail
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal outlays: Personal consumption expenditures (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 809 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-05-31 |
| Personal outlays: Personal interest payments (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 809 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-05-31 |
| Personal outlays: Personal current transfer payments (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 809 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-05-31 |
| Personal outlays: Personal current transfer payments: To government (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 809 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-05-31 |
| Personal outlays: Personal current transfer payments: To the rest of the world (net) (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 809 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-05-31 |