Query the U.S. Treasury Fiscal Data REST API for federal financial data. No API key required. Use for national debt (Debt to the Penny), Daily Treasury Statements, Monthly Treasury Statements, Treasury securities auctions, interest rates, foreign exchange rates, savings bonds, or U.S. government rev

U.S. Treasury Fiscal Data API Free, open REST API from the U.S. Department of the Treasury for federal financial data. No API key or registration required. Base URL: https://api.fiscaldata.treasury.gov/services/api/fiscal service Browse [the current dataset catalog](https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/datasets/) via the dataset search. Verify endpoint paths on each dataset's API Quick Guide — paths change over time. Installation Quick Start Authentication None required. The API is fully open and free. Core Parameters Parameter Example Description fields= fields=record date,tot pub debt out amt Select specific columns filter= filter=record date:gte:2024 01 01 Filter records sort= sort= record date Sort (prefix for descending) format= format=json Output format: json , csv , xml page[size]= page[size]=100 Records per page (default 100) page[number]= page[number]=2 Page index (starts at 1) Filter operators: lt , lte , gt , gte , eq , in Key Datasets & Endpoints Debt Dataset Endpoint Frequency Debt to the Penny /v2/accounting/od/debt to penny Daily Historical Debt Outstanding /v2/accounting/od/debt outstanding Annual Schedules of Federal Debt /v1/accounting/od/schedules fed debt Monthly Daily & Monthly Statements Dataset Endpoint Frequency DTS Operating Cash Balance /v1/accounting/dts/operating cash balance Daily DTS Deposits & Withdrawals /v1/accounting/dts/deposits withdrawals operating cash Daily Monthly Treasury Statement (MTS) /v1/accounting/mts/mts table 1 (18 tables — see [datasets fiscal.md](references/datasets fiscal.md)) Monthly Interest Rates & Exchange Dataset Endpoint Frequency Average Interest Rates on Treasury Securities /v2/accounting/od/avg interest rates Monthly Treasury Reporting Rates of Exchange /v1/accounting/od/rates of exchange Quarterly Interest Expense on Public Debt /v2/accounting/od/interest expense Monthly Exchange rate interpretation: Treasury Reporting Rates are foreign currency units per USD, so divide a foreign currency amount by the rate to obtain USD (and multiply USD to obtain foreign currency). These are government reporting rates, not live trading quotes. Preserve both record date and effective date , and check amendments before applying a rate to a reporting period. Securities & Auctions Dataset Endpoint Frequency Treasury Securities Auctions Data /v1/accounting/od/auctions query As Needed Treasury Securities Upcoming Auctions /v1/accounting/od/upcoming auctions As Needed Treasury Securities Buybacks /v1/accounting/od/buybacks operations As Needed Savings Bonds Dataset Endpoint Frequency I Bonds Interest Rates /v1/accounting/od/i bonds interest rates Semi Annual Savings Bonds Issues, Redemptions & Maturities /v1/accounting/od/savings bonds report Monthly Response Structure Note: Data row values are returned as strings; metadata counts are JSON numbers. Convert as needed (e.g., float() , pd.to datetime() ). Null values appear as the string "null" . Common Patterns Load all pages into a DataFrame Use the bounded fetch all() helper in [parameters.md](references/parameters.md). For small result sets, a single request with page[size]=10000 may suffice when meta.total pages is 1. Aggregation (automatic sum) Selecting fewer fields can aggregate non unique rows. It can also sum balances or rates that should not be added, and combine statement totals with their components. Inspect the full row grain first: Interpretation checks DTS amounts are in millions. Since April 18, 2022, find the Treasury General Account (TGA) Closing Balance row and read open today bal ; close today bal is null. MTS tables have different amount fields and row hierarchies. The compact monthly summary uses mil amt (millions); do not assign that scale to every MTS field. Interest expense uses month expense amt and fytd expense amt . Never sum FYTD values across months. Auctions use auction date for event timing; record date is publication date. I Bond rates require the bond's issue year month as well as earning period. Reviewed against the [official API guide](https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/api documentation/), dataset data dictionaries, and unauthenticated live GET responses on 2026 09 30. See references for table specific caveats. Reference Files [api basics.md](references/api basics.md) — URL structure, HTTP methods, versioning, data types [parameters.md](references/parameters.md) — All parameters with detailed examples and edge cases [datasets debt.md](references/datasets debt.md) — Debt datasets: Debt to the Penny, Historical Debt, Schedules of Federal Debt, TROR [datasets fiscal.md](references/datasets fiscal.md) — Daily Treasury Statement, Monthly Treasury Statement, revenue, spending [datasets interest rates.md](references/datasets interest rates.md) — Average interest rates, exchange rates, TIPS/CPI, certified interest rates [datasets securities.md](references/datasets securities.md) — Treasury auctions, savings bonds, SLGS, buybacks [response format.md](references/response format.md) — Response objects, error handling, pagination, response codes [examples.md](references/examples.md) — Python, R, and pandas code examples for common use cases Citing Scientific Agent Skills This skill is part of Scientific Agent Skills by K Dense. 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