Real government consumption expenditures and gross investment: Federal (chained 2017 USD million) - United States - BEA - Quarterly
This series is part of the dataset: US real GDP and its components
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In the United States, real Federal spending stood at 1,517 USD billion (2017; annual rate) in 2025-Q2, versus 1,537 in 2025-Q1. This constitutes a reduction of 1.30 percent.
Sample. This quarterly time series has 74 records in total. The time range covered by the series extends from March 2007 to June 2025.
History. Here’s a quick look at some descriptive statistics we calculated on the full sample: real Federal spending registered a minimum of 1,186 billion US dollars (2017; annual rate) in March 2007; it hit a maximum of 1,559 in December 2024; it had a mean value of 1,358.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Chained 2017 US dollars (USD) million |
|---|---|
| 2024-12-31 | 1559482.0 |
| 2025-03-31 | 1537219.0 |
| 2025-06-30 | 1516604.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Real government consumption expenditures and gross investment: Federal |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Flow |
| Data type | Real aggregate |
| Deflation method | Constant prices |
| Seasonally adjusted | Yes |
| Rescaling | Annual rate |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Unit | Chained 2017 US dollars (USD) million |
| Source | Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) |
| Source type | National statistical agency |
| Data licence | Open Data |
| Measure type | Level |
Series in the same data set: Real GDP
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Real gross domestic product (GDP) (chained 2017 USD million) - United States - BEA - Quarterly | 314 | 1947-03-31 | 2025-06-30 |
Series in the same data set: Main GDP components
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Real personal consumption expenditures (PCE) (chained 2017 USD million) - United States - BEA - Quarterly | 314 | 1947-03-31 | 2025-06-30 |
| Real gross private domestic investment (chained 2017 USD million) - United States - BEA - Quarterly | 314 | 1947-03-31 | 2025-06-30 |
| Real net exports of goods and services (chained 2017 USD million) - United States - BEA - Quarterly | 222 | 1970-03-31 | 2025-06-30 |
| Real government consumption expenditures and gross investment (chained 2017 USD million) - United States - BEA - Quarterly | 314 | 1947-03-31 | 2025-06-30 |
Series in the same data set: PCE components
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Real personal consumption expenditures (PCE): Goods (chained 2017 USD million) - United States - BEA - Quarterly | 74 | 2007-03-31 | 2025-06-30 |
| Real personal consumption expenditures (PCE): Goods: Durable goods (chained 2017 USD million) - United States - BEA - Quarterly | 74 | 2007-03-31 | 2025-06-30 |
| Real personal consumption expenditures (PCE): Goods: Nondurable goods (chained 2017 USD million) - United States - BEA - Quarterly | 74 | 2007-03-31 | 2025-06-30 |
| Real personal consumption expenditures (PCE): Services (chained 2017 USD million) - United States - BEA - Quarterly | 74 | 2007-03-31 | 2025-06-30 |
Series in the same data set: Investment components
Series in the same data set: Net exports components
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Real exports (chained 2017 USD million) - United States - BEA - Quarterly | 314 | 1947-03-31 | 2025-06-30 |
| Real exports: Goods (chained 2017 USD million) - United States - BEA - Quarterly | 222 | 1970-03-31 | 2025-06-30 |
| Real exports: Services (chained 2017 USD million) - United States - BEA - Quarterly | 222 | 1970-03-31 | 2025-06-30 |
| Real imports (chained 2017 USD million) - United States - BEA - Quarterly | 314 | 1947-03-31 | 2025-06-30 |
| Real imports: Goods (chained 2017 USD million) - United States - BEA - Quarterly | 222 | 1970-03-31 | 2025-06-30 |
| Real imports: Services (chained 2017 USD million) - United States - BEA - Quarterly | 222 | 1970-03-31 | 2025-06-30 |
Series in the same data set: Government spending components
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Real government consumption expenditures and gross investment: Federal (chained 2017 USD million) - United States - BEA - Quarterly | 74 | 2007-03-31 | 2025-06-30 |
| Real government consumption expenditures and gross investment: Federal: National defense (chained 2017 USD million) - United States - BEA - Quarterly | 74 | 2007-03-31 | 2025-06-30 |
| Real government consumption expenditures and gross investment: Federal: Nondefense (chained 2017 USD million) - United States - BEA - Quarterly | 74 | 2007-03-31 | 2025-06-30 |
| Real government consumption expenditures and gross investment: State and local (chained 2017 USD million) - United States - BEA - Quarterly | 74 | 2007-03-31 | 2025-06-30 |
Series in the same data set: Residual
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Difference between real GDP and the sum of its components due to price chaining (chained 2017 USD million) - United States - BEA - Quarterly | 314 | 1947-03-31 | 2025-06-30 |