Interest on the debt
What the government pays to borrow. It buys nothing; it is the bill for past borrowing.
What the money shows
The government spent $1250.8B on Interest on the debt in 2025, which is 12.3% of all spending that year. Interest on the debt outlays are up 165.7% from 2017. OMB history lists Interest on the debt at 6.4% of federal outlays in 1962 and 12.3% in 2025. Department of the Treasury, the largest agency in this category, handles 100% of its latest outlay. The linked lobbying register category is Banking & Financial.
Sources: USAspending · OMB Historical Tables
Agencies spending it
Latest fiscal year, top agencies from USAspending.
Lobbying in this sector
Up to five leading banking & financial clients in the lobby register.
Share since 1962
OMB history plus live rows once ingested.
Bills moving money here
A sector-filtered doorway into the bills register.
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