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Interest Rates · October 30, 2026 · 2 min read

Fed H.4.1: assets fall $7.97 billion in October 28 snapshot

By Econ Data Tools Editorial Team

Published October 30, 2026 • Updated October 30, 2026

The October 29 release puts Wednesday assets at $6.746 trillion. Weekly-average reserve balances fell $68.84 billion to $2.894 trillion, a different measure from the Wednesday snapshot.

The Federal Reserve’s October 29 H.4.1 release reports total assets of $6.745635 trillion as of Wednesday, October 28. That is $7.969 billion below the previous Wednesday. FRED’s WALCL series independently reproduces the same level of 6,745,635 million dollars. The consolidated Wednesday statement lists securities held outright at $6.462451 trillion, down $7.727 billion on the week. Within that total, Treasury securities rose $3.928 billion to $4.576582 trillion, while mortgage-backed securities fell $11.655 billion to $1.883522 trillion. A decline in total assets therefore should not be described as simultaneous declines in every securities category. The release also presents averages of daily figures, which are different from Wednesday levels. Reserve balances with Federal Reserve Banks averaged $2.893770 trillion in the week ended October 28, a decrease of $68.837 billion from the previous week. The Wednesday reserve-balance level was $2.895236 trillion. Weekly-average Treasury General Account balances rose $47.725 billion to $999.727 billion. Total reverse repurchase agreements averaged $330.384 billion, including $330.162 billion in foreign official and international accounts and $222 million in the others category. The overall reverse-repo total should not be presented as domestic overnight reverse-repo usage. Weekly-average securities held outright were $6.468488 trillion, down $2.372 billion. Those averages show Treasury holdings up $4.711 billion and mortgage-backed securities down $7.083 billion. Mixing these weekly-average changes with the Wednesday statement would produce a misleading account of the same reporting week. These tables describe reported balance-sheet levels and changes. They do not by themselves establish a new policy decision, a future runoff schedule or a diagnosis of bank funding stress. Comparisons should retain the stated dates, units and averaging basis rather than attach an unsupported policy explanation to the weekly movements.

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