A recent analysis by AurumMarkets of the public DC finance log -covering all recorded transactions since data began being posted on 18 December 2022 – has thrown up some striking numbers. Treating money entering government or public accounts as inflows and money leaving as outflows, and after filtering out outliers, institutional corrections, and test activity, the ledger shows roughly $41.85 million coming in and $151.84 million going out.
That is a net public cash outflow of approximately $109.99 million.
In other words, the government is spending considerably more than it is taking in.
Where is the money coming from?
The biggest sources of public inflows were the Department of Commerce at around $19.19 million, the Department of Construction and Transport at $14.96 million, and the Department of Homeland Security at $2.82 million. Between them, these three departments account for the vast majority of what is flowing into public accounts.
The largest individual inflow accounts were IgnitedTnT at roughly $3.01 million and JediAJMan at $1.78 million. The largest single inflow in the entire log was a staff fine against JediAJMan for approximately $1.75 million – meaning a single fine makes up a
significant chunk of the government’s total income.
Where is it all going?
The outflows tell a very different story. The Department of Construction and Transport was the biggest spender at around $52.43 million, followed by the Department of Commerce at $44.90 million, and the government itself at $14.44 million. The deepest net outflow positions were DCT at negative $37.48 million, DOC at negative $25.71 million, GOV at negative $14.16 million, and DPA at negative $7.71 million.
Breaking it down further, the largest spending categories were auction and property proceeds at about $29.17 million, DCT manual compliance payouts at $17.49 million, program phase payouts at $12.11 million, insurance payouts at $10.41 million, and
exchange payouts at $8.92 million.
The largest outflow accounts were MegaMinerM at $5.61 million and Omegabiebel at $4.93 million. The largest single outflow in the log was a DOC unfine to Omegabiebel for approximately $2.35 million, followed closely by a DCT unfine to flyingblocks for $2.02
million. These are large sums to be leaving public accounts in single transactions.
The fines picture
It is worth noting that fine data is only available from mid-2025 onwards, so the figures below do not reflect the full history of the log. With that caveat in mind, the largest finers in the available data were ElysiaCrynn at $19.05 million and Vennefly at $9.92 million – substantial sums collected. The highest fined individual alleged criminal was Roy405, with over $220,000 in fines paid.
What does this mean?
AurumMarkets presents this analysis neutrally, and RazNews is doing the same. The data does not tell us why the money moved, only that it did. What it does show is that public money is moving in very large amounts, that a small number of individuals and
departments account for a disproportionate share of both inflows and outflows, and that some of the largest single transactions in the log are unfines.
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