---
source: Financial Management Service (Bureau of the Fiscal Service, U.S. Treasury)
url: https://api.fiscaldata.treasury.gov/services/api/fiscal_service/v1/accounting/mts/mts_table_2?filter=record_date:gte:2026-01-31,record_date:lte:2026-02-28&sort=record_date&page%5Bsize%5D=200
document_type: json
date_retrieved: 2026-03-15
period: February 2026
parent_publication: Monthly Treasury Statement (Table 2: Summary of Receipts, Outlays, and the Deficit/Surplus of the U.S. Government)
indicators_covered: [Government Budget Value]
alternate_urls:
  - https://fiscal.treasury.gov/reports-statements/mts/
  - https://fiscal.treasury.gov/reports-statements/mts/current.html
---

# Monthly Treasury Statement — Table 2 (February 2026)

## Source file summary

- Dataset/API: Monthly Treasury Statement (`accounting/mts/mts_table_2`)
- Records extracted: 30
- Record dates included: 2026-01-31 and 2026-02-28
- Unit: U.S. dollars (raw level amounts)
- Frequency: Monthly
- Key field for this indicator: `current_month_budget_amt` on `classification_desc = "Total Surplus (+) or Deficit (-)"`

## Indicator verification (event payload cross-check)

- February 2026 total budget balance (surplus + / deficit -): **-307,501,433,426.17**
  - In billions: **-307.50B** (rounds to about **-308B**, matching payload actual)
- January 2026 total budget balance (surplus + / deficit -): **-94,615,162,369.21**
  - In billions: **-94.62B** (rounds to about **-95B**, matching payload previous)

## Representative table (latest month: 2026-02-28)

| Line item | Current month budget amount (USD) | Amount (USD billions) |
|---|---:|---:|
| Off-Budget Outlays | 136,493,859,165.54 | 136.49 |
| Total Receipts | 313,121,685,246.84 | 313.12 |
| On-Budget Surplus (+) or Deficit (-) | -279,168,574,260.63 | -279.17 |
| Off-Budget Surplus (+) or Deficit (-) | -28,332,859,165.54 | -28.33 |
| Total On-Budget and Off-Budget Financing | 307,501,433,426.17 | 307.50 |
| Borrowing from the Public | 266,902,563,923.40 | 266.90 |
| Reduction of Operating Cash, Increase (-) | 94,302,512,155.35 | 94.30 |
| By Other Means | -53,703,642,652.58 | -53.70 |
| On-Budget Receipts | 204,960,685,246.84 | 204.96 |
| Off-Budget Receipts | 108,161,000,000.00 | 108.16 |
| Total Outlays | 620,623,118,673.01 | 620.62 |
| On-Budget Outlays | 484,129,259,507.47 | 484.13 |

## Method/structure notes from the source

Table 2 of the Monthly Treasury Statement reports monthly federal budget accounting lines including receipts, outlays, on-budget/off-budget balances, and financing. Values are published as dollar levels and include both component lines and total lines. For the event indicator “Government Budget Value,” the directly relevant line is **“Total Surplus (+) or Deficit (-)”** for the release month.

## Raw extract coverage

This result is generated from the official Fiscal Data API endpoint under the U.S. Treasury Fiscal Service domain. The raw JSON artifact contains all returned fields for all table rows across the two selected months, including record metadata and line classifications.