Lauren Bauer

Did they restart things? It just, it got very confusing and we didn't know what the answer was.

Did they restart things? It just, it got very confusing and we didn't know what the answer was.

Did they restart things? It just, it got very confusing and we didn't know what the answer was.

And so I had experience from COVID with something that's called the Daily Treasury Statement.

And so I had experience from COVID with something that's called the Daily Treasury Statement.

And so I had experience from COVID with something that's called the Daily Treasury Statement.

You can imagine when there's this empirical question, did the Trump administration stop the flow of funds, that we had a resource here that nobody really knew about.

You can imagine when there's this empirical question, did the Trump administration stop the flow of funds, that we had a resource here that nobody really knew about.

You can imagine when there's this empirical question, did the Trump administration stop the flow of funds, that we had a resource here that nobody really knew about.

So this is fiscaldata.treasury.gov.

So this is fiscaldata.treasury.gov.

So this is fiscaldata.treasury.gov.

Yeah, it is. So what you see here, so if you click it, it opens. Look, I've already done it once today. You can get the daily treasury statement.

Yeah, it is. So what you see here, so if you click it, it opens. Look, I've already done it once today. You can get the daily treasury statement.

Yeah, it is. So what you see here, so if you click it, it opens. Look, I've already done it once today. You can get the daily treasury statement.

And it shows the cash balance of the U.S., like what is in the Treasury general account, which is like the U.S. 's bank account. It basically looks like a balance sheet.

And it shows the cash balance of the U.S., like what is in the Treasury general account, which is like the U.S. 's bank account. It basically looks like a balance sheet.

And it shows the cash balance of the U.S., like what is in the Treasury general account, which is like the U.S. 's bank account. It basically looks like a balance sheet.

And on the left-hand side is the deposits. So like when you pay taxes into the treasury, your taxes get totaled on that day into an incoming line item. But what is important for this moment is the withdrawals. And so it varies in level of detail, but we have on the withdrawal side, all of the outlays that treasury is making to departments, to the other branches of government, to programs.

And on the left-hand side is the deposits. So like when you pay taxes into the treasury, your taxes get totaled on that day into an incoming line item. But what is important for this moment is the withdrawals. And so it varies in level of detail, but we have on the withdrawal side, all of the outlays that treasury is making to departments, to the other branches of government, to programs.