Economic Calendar
Week of Current Week·0 high-impact·8 total events
Fed liquidity
Is cash flowing into markets or out of them?
Official weekly picture: week ending Wed, Oct 14
About $10.2B flowed into the market this week. The biggest reason: the Fed's balance sheet grew by $8.1B.
Cash in the financial system: $5.870T (Fed assets minus Treasury's account minus parked cash)
What moved it that week
Bars show the effect on markets: right and green adds cash, left and red pulls it out.
Fed balance sheet grew $8.1B
When the Fed buys bonds, cash goes into markets. When bonds roll off, cash comes out.
Treasury's account rose $0.0B (cash pulled in)
Taxes and new bond sales pull cash out of markets into this account. Government spending sends it back out.
Parked cash fell $2.1B
Money funds parking cash at the Fed takes it out of markets. This is nearly empty now.
Last 6 weeks (effect on markets)
4-week total: +$120.1B added to markets
Sources: FRED (Federal Reserve H.4.1, NY Fed) and U.S. Treasury Daily Treasury Statement. Weekly data posts Thursdays. Daily data runs one business day behind. Updated Oct 16, 9:45 AM ET.
Sources: us.econoday.com · rollcall.com/factbase