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Fed reserve balances average $2.948 trillion in week ended September 30, H.4.1 shows

Published October 2, 2026 • Updated October 2, 2026

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The Federal Reserve's H.4.1 release of October 1, 2026 shows reserve balances averaged $2,948.1 billion in the week ended September 30, up $17.9 billion on the week and down $18.0 billion from a year earlier.

The Federal Reserve's H.4.1 release, published October 1, 2026, reports that reserve balances with Federal Reserve Banks averaged $2,948.1 billion in the week ended Wednesday, September 30, 2026. That was up $17.9 billion from the week ended September 23 and down $18.0 billion from the same week a year earlier. The Wednesday, September 30 level was $2,881.7 billion. Securities held outright averaged $6,462.7 billion. U.S. Treasury securities averaged $4,560.6 billion, up $2.8 billion on the week and $360.7 billion on the year. Mortgage-backed securities averaged $1,899.8 billion, down $12.3 billion on the week and $186.1 billion on the year. Reverse repurchase agreements averaged $329.3 billion for the week, up $13.1 billion on the week and down $85.4 billion on the year. Of that, $325.5 billion was with foreign official and international accounts and $3.7 billion was with others. Figures are weekly averages of daily figures in millions of dollars as published by the Board, converted here to billions. This brief reports H.4.1 balance sheet data only.

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