Multi-Year Spending Trends (2018 – 2026)
Historical Budget Growth & YoY Analysis
Explore historical spending shifts, inflation adjustments, emergency spending spikes, and long-term national budget expansion.
FY2026 Outlays
$6.75 Trillion
Current Fiscal Year
FY2025 Outlays
$6.58 Trillion
Prior Fiscal Year
YoY Dollar Change
+$170.0B
From FY2025 to FY2026+2.58%
8-Year Outlay Expansion
+73.3%
Growth since FY2018 ($4.1T → $7.1T)
8-Year Federal Outlays Growth Curve
Notice the $2.1T emergency COVID-19 relief jump in FY2020.
Verified Data • Sourced from USAspending.gov API (August 2026)
Largest Historical Expansion Event
FY2020 COVID-19 Emergency Relief (+47.3%)
Federal outlays rose from $4.45T in FY2019 to $6.55T in FY2020 due to the CARES Act, Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), and stimulus disbursements.
Post-Pandemic Budget Stabilization
FY2022 Post-COVID Reset (-8.0%)
Outlays contracted from $6.82T in FY2021 to $6.27T in FY2022 as emergency pandemic measures expired before resuming normal growth trajectory.