Money Market Fund Monitor: holdings by asset class

What do money market funds hold?

On , money market funds held $8.40 trillion, of which $3.48 trillion in US Treasury securities.

Money market fund investments at the last month-end of each year, $ trillion

The last month-end of each year since 30 Nov 2010The newest month-end last

Money market fund investments at the last month-end of each year, $ trillion, 31 Dec 2010 to 30 Sep 2026
Money market fund investments at the last month-end of each year, $ trillion, 31 Dec 2016 to 30 Sep 2026

The linesLatest:

  • All investments$8.40T
  • US Treasury securities$3.48T
  • Repurchase agreements$2.87T

Money market fund investments at each month-end, $ trillion

The last 13 month-ends

Money market fund investments at each month-end, $ trillion, 30 Sep 2025 to 30 Sep 2026

The linesLatest:

  • All investments$8.40T
  • US Treasury securities$3.48T
  • Repurchase agreements$2.87T

Each point is one month-end; pointing at the chart shows its date and holdings.

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Observed .

Right now

US Treasury securities were money market funds' largest holding at the end of September 2026: $3.48 trillion, 41.5% of the total.

Repurchase agreements were $2.87 trillion, 34.2% of the total; the median yield on Treasury repo was 3.88%.

What they holdShare of the total, September 2026

Each asset class as a share of the $8.40 trillion total, repo whole.

  • US Treasury securities$3.48 trillion · 41.5%
  • Repurchase agreements$2.87 trillion · 34.2%
  • Federal agency and GSE securities$1.19 trillion · 14.2%
  • Bank-related assets$495.24 billion · 5.9%
  • Other assets$351.83 billion · 4.2%

See every asset against the month before and a year earlier

Repo by collateralOf $2.87 trillion in repo

  • Backed by US Treasury securities$1.71 trillion
  • Backed by federal agency and GSE securities$982.64 billion
  • Backed by other assets$174.03 billion
  • With the Federal Reserve$6.11 billion

Over a year

All investments: $8.40 trillion at the end of September 2026, against $8.53 trillion a month before and $7.77 trillion a year earlier.

US Treasury securities: $3.48 trillion, against $3.23 trillion a year earlier.

See the last 13 month-ends

Understanding these figures

Where it stands today

Money market funds held $8.40 trillion at the end of September 2026.

What do these figures count?

The Office of Financial Research totals the holdings that US money market funds report each month to the Securities and Exchange Commission, by asset class.

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Repurchase agreements are split by the collateral behind them, and the amount placed with the Federal Reserve (its reverse repo facility) is shown as part of repo. Amounts are rounded to whole millions of dollars by 500metrics; shares of the total are ours. The median yield on Treasury repo is as OFR publishes it.

The numbers behind the chart

How much did the funds hold in each asset?$ million, against the month before and a year earlier, repo split by collateral
Money market fund investments by asset, 30 September 2026 ($ million)
AssetAmountShare of totalMonth beforeA year earlier
US Treasury securities3,483,97441.5%3,696,6493,232,354
Repurchase agreements2,871,49534.2%2,832,1942,772,423
of which: backed by US Treasury securities1,714,82420.4%1,694,9271,768,142
of which: backed by federal agency and GSE securities982,63811.7%968,593876,793
of which: backed by other assets174,0322.1%168,673127,487
of which: with the Federal Reserve6,1140.1%n/a22,046
Federal agency and GSE securities1,194,28714.2%1,174,138998,795
Bank-related assets495,2395.9%471,949449,240
Other assets351,8284.2%355,703318,590
All investments8,396,822100.0%8,530,6327,771,403

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What did they hold at each of the last 13 month-ends?Total, Treasury securities and repo, newest first
Total, Treasury securities and repo at each month-end, newest first ($ million)
Month-endTotalTreasury securitiesRepo
8,396,8223,483,9742,871,495
8,530,6323,696,6492,832,194
8,411,9373,452,5562,925,257
8,400,6243,281,2133,074,627
8,400,9873,378,3643,004,242
8,166,5063,181,6592,985,723
8,250,8533,426,4382,931,972
8,353,2883,406,7533,003,577
8,236,3093,375,7792,960,967
8,305,4893,517,8322,994,433
8,062,8273,472,6542,834,441
7,923,9103,405,9642,765,829
7,771,4033,232,3542,772,423
What did they hold at each year-end?The last month-end of each year, newest first
Total, Treasury securities and repo at the last month-end of each year, newest first ($ million)
Month-endTotalTreasury securitiesRepo
8,396,8223,483,9742,871,495
8,305,4893,517,8322,994,433
7,253,3692,994,8512,620,200
6,401,3292,269,5242,665,979
5,212,1461,067,3872,976,683
5,228,6721,821,9432,495,743
4,786,1532,470,0981,068,773
4,015,7481,122,6031,243,303
3,343,615945,0641,057,764
3,096,275756,1961,028,203
2,922,538850,977854,911
3,058,256530,479771,897
3,081,916484,687704,713
3,049,958547,201558,021
2,983,450510,326591,027
2,912,186496,757529,643
3,040,420378,843531,221
What do these figures leave out, and how are they cited?Limits, dates and how to cite

What this number cannot tell you

  • Month-end holdings: amounts inside the month can differ.
  • The record begins on 30 November 2010.

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How to cite this

Office of Financial Research, Short-term Funding Monitor, money market fund investments, 30 September 2026. Compiled by 500metrics, "What do money market funds hold?", https://500metrics.com/money-market-funds.

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