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US Interest · % of Federal Tax Receipts

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33.55pct

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Methodology

## What this measures

How much of each tax dollar goes straight to creditors, quarter by quarter since 1947 — BEA interest payments divided by BEA tax receipts, both at seasonally adjusted annual rates.

## Why it matters

The affordability ratio rating agencies use. It moves faster than the budget-basis series because it is quarterly.

## How to read it

Rising while rates are flat means refinancing is still catching up. Because the denominator excludes social-insurance contributions, the level runs well above the interest-to-revenue ratios rating agencies quote; read its direction and its history.

## What it does not say

Excludes social-insurance contributions from receipts, which makes the ratio higher than a total-revenue measure.

## Source

Derived by Palanor from BEA NIPA data via FRED.

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