Fed Balance Sheet

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

6.7M$M

Trend YoY growth is +3.5%, slowing by 88 bps/year over the last 22Y. Deviations have remained below trend for 46 consecutive periods. Latest: -0.2%, 3.7 pp below trend, a 0.2σ deviation. The latest YoY reading is boosted by 14.3 pp due to an easy comparison base from Mar 26. At current levels, YoY would rise to +0.5% by Jul '26 as comparisons ease.

Level

YoY %

y = 23.0% 88 bps/yr · t

Deviation from trend

Forecast

Projected value by forecast vintage ($M)

Projected value ($M)

Forecast made inSep '25Oct '25Nov '25Dec '25Jan '26Feb '26Mar '26Apr '26May '26Jun '26Jul '26Aug '26Sep '26Oct '26Nov '26Dec '26Jan '27Feb '27Mar '27Apr '27May '27MAPE
Sep '256.6M6.5M6.5M6.5M6.4M6.4M6.4M6.4M6.4M6.4M6.5M6.4M6.5M6.5M6.5M6.6M6.6M6.6M6.7M6.8M6.5M327%
Oct '256.6M6.5M6.5M6.5M6.4M6.5M6.5M6.4M6.5M6.5M6.5M6.5M6.5M6.5M6.6M6.6M6.7M6.7M6.8M6.6M341%
Nov '256.6M6.5M6.5M6.5M6.5M6.5M6.5M6.5M6.5M6.5M6.6M6.6M6.6M6.7M6.7M6.7M6.8M6.9M6.7M358%
Dec '256.6M6.5M6.5M6.5M6.5M6.5M6.6M6.6M6.6M6.6M6.7M6.7M6.8M6.8M6.8M6.9M7.0M6.9M321%
Jan '266.6M6.5M6.5M6.5M6.6M6.6M6.6M6.6M6.7M6.7M6.7M6.8M6.8M6.9M6.9M7.0M6.9M385%
Feb '266.6M6.6M6.6M6.6M6.6M6.6M6.6M6.7M6.7M6.7M6.9M6.8M6.9M7.0M7.1M7.0M470%
Mar '266.7M6.6M6.6M6.6M6.7M6.7M6.7M6.7M6.8M6.9M6.9M7.0M7.0M7.1M7.1M683%
Apr '266.7M6.6M6.7M6.7M6.7M6.8M6.8M6.8M6.9M6.9M7.0M7.1M7.2M7.2M
May '266.6M6.7M6.7M6.7M6.8M6.8M6.8M6.9M6.9M7.0M7.1M7.2M7.2M

YoY change forecast

Forecast made inSep '25Oct '25Nov '25Dec '25Jan '26Feb '26Mar '26Apr '26May '26Jun '26Jul '26Aug '26Sep '26Oct '26Nov '26Dec '26Jan '27Feb '27Mar '27Apr '27May '27MAPE
Sep '25-6.7%-6.8%-6.3%-5.9%-5.5%-5.0%-4.6%-4.2%-3.7%-3.3%-2.9%-2.4%-2.0%-1.5%-1.1%-0.7%-0.2%+0.2%+0.6%+1.1%+1.5%327%
Oct '25-6.1%-6.2%-5.7%-5.2%-4.7%-4.3%-3.8%-3.4%-2.9%-2.4%-1.9%-1.4%-1.0%-0.5%+0.0%+0.4%+0.9%+1.4%+1.8%+2.3%341%
Nov '25-5.1%-5.4%-4.9%-4.4%-3.9%-3.4%-2.9%-2.4%-1.8%-1.3%-0.8%-0.3%+0.2%+0.7%+1.3%+1.8%+2.3%+2.8%+3.3%358%
Dec '25-3.6%-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%+5.2%321%
Jan '26-3.4%-3.6%-3.1%-2.4%-1.8%-1.2%-0.6%+0.0%+0.7%+1.3%+1.9%+2.5%+3.1%+3.7%+4.3%+4.9%+5.5%385%
Feb '26-2.3%-2.8%-2.1%-1.4%-0.8%-0.1%+0.6%+1.2%+1.9%+2.6%+3.2%+3.9%+4.5%+5.2%+5.8%+6.5%470%
Mar '26-1.2%-1.8%-1.1%-0.4%+0.3%+1.0%+1.7%+2.4%+3.1%+3.8%+4.5%+5.2%+5.9%+6.6%+7.3%683%
Apr '26-0.2%-0.7%+0.1%+0.8%+1.6%+2.4%+3.1%+3.9%+4.6%+5.4%+6.2%+6.8%+7.6%+8.4%
May '26-0.7%+0.1%+0.8%+1.6%+2.4%+3.1%+3.9%+4.6%+5.4%+6.2%+6.8%+7.6%+8.4%

Forecasts use ordinary least-squares linear regression fitted to the YoY change series over a rolling 1Y window. Each row shows a vintage — the forecast as it would have appeared at that point in time. Projected values apply the forecasted YoY change to the prior year's level, chaining forward where actuals are unavailable. MAPE measures forecast accuracy against realized values. These are mechanical trend extrapolations, not economic models.