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Excise taxes

Excise taxes is $106B and has held roughly steady over the last 3 months. That is high by historical standards: higher than 93% of readings since 2016.

Latest (latest reading)
$106B
As of
Oct 2026
3-month change
+$0B
1-year change
+$4B
20-year percentile
93rd
20-year median
$90B
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Monthly averages, last 20 years. Shaded band = the middle half of readings.
What it is. Taxes on goods like fuel, alcohol and tobacco, last 12 months. Note: the latest update failed, so this shows the last good data.

What it affects next

Excise taxes is unusually high: $106B, 93rd percentile of the last 20 years. Here is what has tended to follow, based on links the data backs up.

No tested downstream links to trace yet.

What is driving it

None of its tested drivers is moving much right now.

Source: Treasury Monthly Treasury Statement.