What’s inside each issue
Every week
The three numbers
The deficit, the debt, and debt per resident — updated from the latest Treasury releases, with what moved and why.
Every week
One explainer
A single budget concept, untangled in plain English: mandatory vs. discretionary, trust funds, net interest, and more.
Every week
The Daily Number recap
The most interesting day in Treasury cash flow that week — and what it actually tells us.
Every week
Check our work
Every figure links to its Treasury source. If we get something wrong, the correction leads the next issue.