Public Finance & Government

Spending by category

Top spenders by category: awarding_agency, recipient, naics, cfda, state_territory, federal_account.

get/api/v1/usaspending/spending-by-category

Query parameters

categorystring

Spending breakdown category (awarding_agency, funding_agency, recipient, cfda, naics, psc, state_territory, federal_account).

fiscal_yearinteger

US federal fiscal year.

limitinteger

Maximum number of records to return.

Response

Spending by category.

Example response

{
  "meta": {
    "endpoint": "/api/v1/fred/us/cpi",
    "data_time": "2026-04-16T14:30:00Z",
    "response_time": "2026-04-16T14:30:12Z",
    "provider": "Sugra API v1.0.1",
    "data_age_days": 8.532,
    "source": "sugra_crypto",
    "attribution": "Short interest and Reg SHO daily short volume data is owned by and sourced from FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority).",
    "fallback_chain": [
      "sugra_crypto",
      "sugra_finance"
    ],
    "period": "2026-Q1",
    "notes": "the UKMTO report behind these counts is dated 2026-08-21 and is 11 days old"
  }
}

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