Fed Balance Sheet

Total Federal Reserve assets — monetization of debt through asset purchases suppresses yields.

6.7M$M

Trend YoY growth is -15.1%, slowing by 47 bps/month over the last 5Y. Deviations have remained above trend for 13 consecutive periods. Latest: -0.2%, 14.9 pp above trend, a 2.1σ deviation. The latest YoY reading is boosted by 83 bps due to an easy comparison base from Mar 26.

Level

YoY %

y = 13.4% 47 bps/mo · t

Deviation from trend

Forecast

Rolling 1Y trend forecast

Forecast made inMay '25Jun '25Jul '25Aug '25Sep '25Oct '25Nov '25Dec '25Jan '26Feb '26Mar '26Apr '26May '26Jun '26Jul '26Aug '26Sep '26Oct '26Nov '26Dec '26Jan '27Feb '27Mar '27Apr '27
May '25-9.5%-9.2%-8.8%-8.5%-8.1%-7.8%-7.4%-7.1%-6.7%-6.4%-6.1%-5.7%-5.4%-5.0%-4.7%-4.3%-4.0%-3.6%-3.3%-2.9%-2.6%-2.2%-1.9%-1.6%
Jun '25-8.9%-8.5%-8.1%-7.7%-7.3%-6.9%-6.6%-6.2%-5.8%-5.4%-5.0%-4.7%-4.3%-3.9%-3.5%-3.1%-2.7%-2.3%-2.0%-1.6%-1.2%-0.8%-0.4%
Jul '25-8.3%-7.9%-7.5%-7.1%-6.7%-6.3%-5.9%-5.5%-5.1%-4.7%-4.3%-3.9%-3.5%-3.0%-2.6%-2.2%-1.8%-1.4%-1.0%-0.6%-0.2%+0.2%
Aug '25-7.8%-7.4%-6.9%-6.5%-6.1%-5.7%-5.3%-4.9%-4.5%-4.0%-3.6%-3.2%-2.8%-2.4%-2.0%-1.5%-1.1%-0.7%-0.3%+0.1%+0.5%
Sep '25-7.3%-6.9%-6.4%-6.0%-5.6%-5.2%-4.8%-4.3%-3.9%-3.5%-3.0%-2.6%-2.2%-1.8%-1.3%-0.9%-0.5%+0.0%+0.4%+0.8%
Oct '25-6.7%-6.2%-5.7%-5.3%-4.8%-4.4%-3.9%-3.4%-3.0%-2.5%-2.0%-1.6%-1.1%-0.6%-0.2%+0.3%+0.8%+1.2%+1.7%
Nov '25-6.1%-5.6%-5.1%-4.6%-4.1%-3.6%-3.1%-2.6%-2.1%-1.6%-1.1%-0.6%-0.1%+0.4%+0.9%+1.4%+1.8%+2.3%
Dec '25-5.4%-4.9%-4.3%-3.8%-3.3%-2.8%-2.3%-1.7%-1.2%-0.7%-0.2%+0.4%+0.9%+1.4%+2.0%+2.4%+3.0%
Jan '26-4.4%-3.7%-3.2%-2.6%-2.0%-1.4%-0.8%-0.2%+0.4%+1.0%+1.6%+2.2%+2.8%+3.4%+4.0%+4.6%
Feb '26-3.6%-3.0%-2.3%-1.7%-1.1%-0.4%+0.2%+0.9%+1.5%+2.1%+2.7%+3.4%+4.0%+4.6%+5.3%
Mar '26-2.7%-2.1%-1.4%-0.7%-0.1%+0.6%+1.3%+1.9%+2.6%+3.3%+4.0%+4.6%+5.2%+5.9%
Apr '26-1.4%-0.7%+0.1%+0.8%+1.6%+2.4%+3.1%+3.9%+4.6%+5.4%+6.2%+6.8%+7.6%