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" stood at 150,924 USD million (annual rate) in April 2026, compared to 150,856 in the previous month. This marks a gain of 0.05 percent.
Sample. There are 808 data points overall in the monthly time series displayed in the graph above. The series covers the time period stretching from January 1959 to April 2026.
History. Have a look at some summary statistics computed on the entire sample: this national-accounts item had a mean value of 43,374 USD million; it peaked at 150,924 in April 2026; it recorded a minimum of 309 in January 1960.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollar million |
|---|---|
| 2026-02-28 | 150733.0 |
| 2026-03-31 | 150856.0 |
| 2026-04-30 | 150924.0 |
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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 | 808 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-04-30 |
| Personal current taxes (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 808 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-04-30 |
| Disposable personal income (personal income less personal current taxes) (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 808 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-04-30 |
| Personal outlays (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 808 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-04-30 |
| Personal saving (disposable personal income less personal outlays) (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 808 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-04-30 |
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| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal outlays: Personal consumption expenditures (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 808 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-04-30 |
| Personal outlays: Personal interest payments (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 808 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-04-30 |
| Personal outlays: Personal current transfer payments (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 808 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-04-30 |
| Personal outlays: Personal current transfer payments: To government (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 808 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-04-30 |
| Personal outlays: Personal current transfer payments: To the rest of the world (net) (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 808 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-04-30 |