# US Government Finance Data — National Debt, Rates & FX (`plaindata/us-government-finance-data`) Actor

US government finance data in one tool: national debt to the penny, average interest rates, official exchange rates, interest expense, daily cash balance, monthly receipts and outlays. Data: Treasury Fiscal Data API (open), not affiliated.

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## Pricing

from $1.50 / 1,000 result returneds

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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## US Government Finance Data — National Debt, Rates & FX

Pull official **U.S. Treasury Fiscal Data** into a clean table: **Debt to the Penny**, average interest rates on Treasury securities, **Treasury reporting rates of exchange**, interest expense, Daily Treasury Statement cash balance, Monthly Treasury Statement receipts & outlays, record-setting auctions and the gold reserve — or any other Fiscal Data endpoint. Amounts are converted to numbers.

### Input examples

```json
{ "dataset": "debt_to_penny", "dateFrom": "2026-01-01" }
{ "dataset": "rates_of_exchange", "dateFrom": "2026-07-01", "extraFilter": "country_currency_desc:in:(Canada-Dollar,Euro Zone-Euro,Japan-Yen)" }
{ "customEndpoint": "v2/accounting/od/debt_outstanding", "maxItems": 50 }
```

### Output

One row per API record with the dataset's own columns (e.g. `record_date, debt_held_public_amt, intragov_hold_amt, tot_pub_debt_out_amt` for Debt to the Penny; `record_date, country_currency_desc, exchange_rate, effective_date` for exchange rates), plus `dataset` and `source`.

### Data source & licence

U.S. Treasury Fiscal Data API (api.fiscaldata.treasury.gov), no registration. Fiscal Data: "The data is offered free, without restriction, … available to copy, adapt, redistribute, or otherwise use for non-commercial or commercial purposes." Aggregate government finance data — no personal data.

### Notes

Not affiliated with or endorsed by the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the Bureau of the Fiscal Service.

# Actor input Schema

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

Popular Fiscal Data datasets.

## `customEndpoint` (type: `string`):

Any Fiscal Data endpoint path, e.g. v2/accounting/od/debt_outstanding. Overrides Dataset.

## `dateFrom` (type: `string`):

YYYY-MM-DD

## `dateTo` (type: `string`):

YYYY-MM-DD

## `extraFilter` (type: `string`):

Fiscal Data filter syntax, e.g. country_currency_desc:in:(Canada-Dollar,Mexico-Peso)

## `fields` (type: `array`):

Return only these columns.

## `sort` (type: `string`):

Fiscal Data sort, e.g. -record_date (newest first).

## `convertNumbers` (type: `boolean`):

Amount, rate and balance fields become numbers.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Up to 10,000 per run.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "dataset": "debt_to_penny",
  "dateFrom": "2026-01-01",
  "sort": "-record_date",
  "convertNumbers": true,
  "maxItems": 1000
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# 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",
    "dateFrom": "2026-01-01"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("plaindata/us-government-finance-data").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",
    "dateFrom": "2026-01-01",
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("plaindata/us-government-finance-data").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).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",
  "dateFrom": "2026-01-01"
}' |
apify call plaindata/us-government-finance-data --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,plaindata/us-government-finance-data"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

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