# US Treasury FiscalData Scraper API - Debt & Interest Rates (`pink_comic/us-treasury-fiscaldata-debt-interest-rates`) Actor

Query official Treasury FiscalData time series for Debt to the Penny and average Treasury security interest rates. Filter dates, fiscal year and calendar month; paginate and receive normalized values, units, source URLs and revision caveats.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/pink\_comic/us-treasury-fiscaldata-debt-interest-rates.md
- **Developed by:** [Ava Torres](https://apify.com/pink_comic) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, Automation, AI
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 us treasury fiscaldata scraper api - debt & intere evidence items

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## US Treasury FiscalData Scraper API - Debt & Interest Rates

Query official no-key Treasury FiscalData time series with normalized values, exact decimal strings, pagination evidence, units, source URLs, and revision caveats.

### Supported datasets

- `debt_to_penny` — official `/accounting/od/debt_to_penny`; USD; daily federal-business-day observations.
- `average_interest_rates` — official `/accounting/od/avg_interest_rates`; percent; monthly observations by security type and description.

Unsupported names fail before a request. Debt-limit/statutory data is not selectable because a durable exact FiscalData endpoint was not validated.

### Start here

```json
{}
```

Empty input returns one latest Debt to the Penny observation with debt held by the public, intragovernmental holdings, and total public debt outstanding. Maximum first-run charge: **$0.0021** ($0.0001 start + $0.002/item).

```json
{
  "dataset": "average_interest_rates",
  "fiscalYear": 2025,
  "calendarMonth": 6,
  "sortDirection": "desc",
  "maxResults": 25
}
```

Filters include inclusive start/end dates, record fiscal year, record calendar month, date sorting, starting source page, and a total 1–500 result cap. `calendarMonth` is not represented as fiscal month. At most 20 source pages are followed. A 25-item run costs at most $0.0501; an Apify maximum-charge budget reduces the cap before source work.

### Interpretation limits

Treasury FiscalData observations are historical administrative data and can be corrected or revised. Dataset cadences differ: Debt to the Penny is generally published for federal business days, while average rates are monthly. These records are not real-time quotes, forecasts, investment advice, legal conclusions, debt-limit analysis, or guarantees of current conditions. USD debt values and percentage interest rates remain separate. `NO_MATCH` and `SOURCE_UNAVAILABLE` outcomes are explicit.

See the [Debt to the Penny dataset](https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/datasets/debt-to-the-penny/debt-to-the-penny), [Average Interest Rates dataset](https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/datasets/average-interest-rates-treasury-securities/average-interest-rates-on-u-s-treasury-securities), and [API documentation](https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/api-documentation/).

# Actor input Schema

## `dataset` (type: `string`):

Exact validated official endpoint. Debt-limit/statutory evidence is not selectable because no endpoint was validated; unsupported names fail before a request.

## `startDate` (type: `string`):

Inclusive record date, YYYY-MM-DD.

## `endDate` (type: `string`):

Inclusive record date, YYYY-MM-DD.

## `fiscalYear` (type: `integer`):

Treasury record\_fiscal\_year filter. Zero means any year.

## `calendarMonth` (type: `integer`):

Treasury record\_calendar\_month filter (1-12). This is calendar month, not a manufactured fiscal-month value. Zero means any month.

## `sortDirection` (type: `string`):

Optional record date sort filter or result-control setting. See the README for exact source semantics, bounds, and examples.

## `pageNumber` (type: `integer`):

FiscalData page number. Additional pages are fetched only as needed, up to maxResults and 20 pages.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Total paid output items, 1-500. At $0.002/item, 25 items cost at most $0.0501 including the $0.0001 start; an Apify run charge cap reduces this before requests.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "dataset": "debt_to_penny",
  "fiscalYear": 0,
  "calendarMonth": 0,
  "sortDirection": "desc",
  "pageNumber": 1,
  "maxResults": 1
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "dataset": "debt_to_penny",
    "sortDirection": "desc",
    "maxResults": 1
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("pink_comic/us-treasury-fiscaldata-debt-interest-rates").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "dataset": "debt_to_penny",
    "sortDirection": "desc",
    "maxResults": 1,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("pink_comic/us-treasury-fiscaldata-debt-interest-rates").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "dataset": "debt_to_penny",
  "sortDirection": "desc",
  "maxResults": 1
}' |
apify call pink_comic/us-treasury-fiscaldata-debt-interest-rates --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=pink_comic/us-treasury-fiscaldata-debt-interest-rates",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/WtcaQmUfc4QdMzBI7/builds/NTVtUbhbkQxh5pfgN/openapi.json