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Liquidity.

How much money sloshes around the system. Liquidity often moves crypto and stocks more than headlines.

InflationThe Fed and ratesLiquidityYieldsJobsGrowth
Fed balance sheet
$6.76T

Oct 14 · prev $6.75T

The Fed's assets. Shrinking (QT) drains liquidity, growth adds it.

$6.77T$6.71T$6.65T$6.59T$6.52TJun 4Oct 14

FRED · WALCL · original source Federal Reserve (H.4.1)

Bank reserves
$3.02T

Oct 14 · prev $3.03T

Banks' money at the Fed. When it runs low, money markets get nervous.

$3.44T$3.28T$3.13T$2.97T$2.81TJun 4Oct 14

FRED · WRESBAL · original source Federal Reserve (H.4.1)

Reverse repo (ON RRP)
$0.1B

Oct 16 · prev $1.2B

Money funds park at the Fed. A liquidity buffer: the smaller it is, the thinner the cushion.

$335B$246B$158B$69.5B−$18.8BOct 25Oct 16

FRED · RRPONTSYD · original source FRBNY

Treasury account (TGA)
$883B

Oct 14 · prev $880B

The US government's cash at the Fed. When it fills up, liquidity leaves the market.

$1.05T$850B$651B$452B$254BJun 4Oct 14

FRED · WTREGEN · original source Federal Reserve (H.4.1)

M2 money supply, y/y
5.66%

August 2026 · prev 5.41%

How fast the amount of money in the economy is growing.

28.67%19.87%11.07%2.27%-6.53%Nov 1Aug 1

FRED · M2SL · original source Federal Reserve (H.6)

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