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 linesLatest:
- All investments$8.40T
- US Treasury securities$3.48T
- Repurchase agreements$2.87T
Money market fund investments at each month-end, $ trillion
The linesLatest:
- All investments$8.40T
- US Treasury securities$3.48T
- Repurchase agreements$2.87T
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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.
Repo by collateralOf $2.87 trillion in repo
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.
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
| Asset | Amount | Share of total | Month before | A year earlier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Treasury securities | 3,483,974 | 41.5% | 3,696,649 | 3,232,354 |
| Repurchase agreements | 2,871,495 | 34.2% | 2,832,194 | 2,772,423 |
| of which: backed by US Treasury securities | 1,714,824 | 20.4% | 1,694,927 | 1,768,142 |
| of which: backed by federal agency and GSE securities | 982,638 | 11.7% | 968,593 | 876,793 |
| of which: backed by other assets | 174,032 | 2.1% | 168,673 | 127,487 |
| of which: with the Federal Reserve | 6,114 | 0.1% | n/a | 22,046 |
| Federal agency and GSE securities | 1,194,287 | 14.2% | 1,174,138 | 998,795 |
| Bank-related assets | 495,239 | 5.9% | 471,949 | 449,240 |
| Other assets | 351,828 | 4.2% | 355,703 | 318,590 |
| All investments | 8,396,822 | 100.0% | 8,530,632 | 7,771,403 |
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What did they hold at each of the last 13 month-ends?Total, Treasury securities and repo, newest first
| Month-end | Total | Treasury securities | Repo |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8,396,822 | 3,483,974 | 2,871,495 | |
| 8,530,632 | 3,696,649 | 2,832,194 | |
| 8,411,937 | 3,452,556 | 2,925,257 | |
| 8,400,624 | 3,281,213 | 3,074,627 | |
| 8,400,987 | 3,378,364 | 3,004,242 | |
| 8,166,506 | 3,181,659 | 2,985,723 | |
| 8,250,853 | 3,426,438 | 2,931,972 | |
| 8,353,288 | 3,406,753 | 3,003,577 | |
| 8,236,309 | 3,375,779 | 2,960,967 | |
| 8,305,489 | 3,517,832 | 2,994,433 | |
| 8,062,827 | 3,472,654 | 2,834,441 | |
| 7,923,910 | 3,405,964 | 2,765,829 | |
| 7,771,403 | 3,232,354 | 2,772,423 |
What did they hold at each year-end?The last month-end of each year, newest first
| Month-end | Total | Treasury securities | Repo |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8,396,822 | 3,483,974 | 2,871,495 | |
| 8,305,489 | 3,517,832 | 2,994,433 | |
| 7,253,369 | 2,994,851 | 2,620,200 | |
| 6,401,329 | 2,269,524 | 2,665,979 | |
| 5,212,146 | 1,067,387 | 2,976,683 | |
| 5,228,672 | 1,821,943 | 2,495,743 | |
| 4,786,153 | 2,470,098 | 1,068,773 | |
| 4,015,748 | 1,122,603 | 1,243,303 | |
| 3,343,615 | 945,064 | 1,057,764 | |
| 3,096,275 | 756,196 | 1,028,203 | |
| 2,922,538 | 850,977 | 854,911 | |
| 3,058,256 | 530,479 | 771,897 | |
| 3,081,916 | 484,687 | 704,713 | |
| 3,049,958 | 547,201 | 558,021 | |
| 2,983,450 | 510,326 | 591,027 | |
| 2,912,186 | 496,757 | 529,643 | |
| 3,040,420 | 378,843 | 531,221 |
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.
Observed . Checked .
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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