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Rates & Fed · October 17, 2026 · 2 min read

Fed H.4.1: securities holdings averaged $6.47 trillion in the October 14 week; reserve balances fell $7.5 billion

By Econ Data Tools Editorial Team

Published October 17, 2026 • Updated October 17, 2026

Reviewed by Editorial QC

Federal Reserve securities held outright averaged $6.47 trillion in the week ended October 14, up $5.0 billion from the previous week and $185.3 billion above the same week a year earlier, the Fed's weekly H.4.1 release showed on October 15. Reserve balances held by depository institutions at Federal Reserve Banks averaged $3.02 trillion, down $7.5 billion on the week.

Federal Reserve securities held outright averaged $6.47 trillion in the week ended October 14, up $5.0 billion from the previous week and $185.3 billion above the same week a year earlier, the Fed's weekly H.4.1 release showed on October 15. Reserve balances held by depository institutions at Federal Reserve Banks averaged $3.02 trillion, down $7.5 billion on the week. The H.4.1 reports both averages of daily figures for the week and Wednesday levels. Securities held outright averaged $6,470,368 million in the week ended October 14 and stood at $6,471,059 million on Wednesday, October 14. U.S. Treasury securities averaged $4,569,911 million, up $5,019 million from the October 7 week; that total includes $565,492 million of bills and $3,617,961 million of nominal notes and bonds, with inflation-indexed notes and bonds at $279,965 million. Holdings of federal agency debt securities averaged $2,347 million, unchanged on the week and the year. Mortgage-backed securities averaged $1,898,110 million, up $21 million on the week but $187,885 million below the year-earlier week, while Treasury holdings were $373,157 million above a year earlier, a continued shift in the composition of the portfolio toward Treasuries. Reserve balances with Federal Reserve Banks averaged $3,022,140 million, down $7,519 million from the previous week and up $3,112 million from a year earlier; the Wednesday, October 14 level was $3,030,854 million. Reserve Bank credit averaged $6,707,650 million, up $11,680 million on the week. Total assets of the Federal Reserve Banks were $6,755,639 million, up $8,079 million. Elsewhere in the weekly statement, currency in circulation averaged $2,488,264 million, up $4,443 million on the week, and reverse repurchase agreements averaged $332,191 million, up $2,665 million. The factors supplying reserve funds totaled $6,806,239 million on average, up $11,598 million. Limits: all figures are in millions of dollars as published, and the release notes that components may not sum to totals because of rounding. Weekly averages and Wednesday levels answer different questions and should not be mixed in a single comparison. The H.4.1 is a weekly statistical release; it reports balance-sheet levels and changes, not the reasons for them.

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