Bank Reserves 2.944T for
Bank Reserves came in at 2.944T for Wk of Aug 12 2026, down 1.65% from 2.993T the prior week and 11.66% below its level of 3.332T one year ago. The series has averaged 1.78T since 2002, reaching a record high of 4.276T in December 2021 and a record low of 2.795B in March 2006.
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⋮ | ⋮ |
|---|---|
| August 12, 2026 | 2.944T |
| August 5, 2026 | 2.993T |
| July 29, 2026 | 2.985T |
| July 22, 2026 | 3.062T |
| July 15, 2026 | 3.143T |
| July 8, 2026 | 3.099T |
| July 1, 2026 | 2.967T |
| June 24, 2026 | 2.951T |
| June 17, 2026 | 3.033T |
| June 10, 2026 | 3.081T |
| June 3, 2026 | 3.014T |
| May 27, 2026 | 3.067T |
| May 20, 2026 | 3.13T |
| May 13, 2026 | 3.103T |
| May 6, 2026 | 3.033T |
| April 29, 2026 | 2.919T |
| April 22, 2026 | 2.902T |
| April 15, 2026 | 3.13T |
| April 8, 2026 | 3.116T |
| April 1, 2026 | 3.027T |
⋮ | ⋮ |
|---|---|
| October 15, 2014 | 2.793T |
| October 8, 2014 | 2.749T |
| October 1, 2014 | 2.706T |
| September 24, 2014 | 2.733T |
| September 17, 2014 | 2.798T |
| September 10, 2014 | 2.787T |
| September 3, 2014 | 2.777T |
| August 27, 2014 | 2.779T |
| August 20, 2014 | 2.79T |
| August 13, 2014 | 2.787T |
| August 6, 2014 | 2.789T |
| July 30, 2014 | 2.809T |
| July 23, 2014 | 2.792T |
| July 16, 2014 | 2.64T |
| July 9, 2014 | 2.623T |
| July 2, 2014 | 2.579T |
| June 25, 2014 | 2.64T |
| June 18, 2014 | 2.704T |
| June 11, 2014 | 2.71T |
| June 4, 2014 | 2.679T |
About Bank Reserves
What it measures
Reserve balances with Federal Reserve Banks (FRED series WRESBAL) measure the deposits that commercial banks and other depository institutions hold in their accounts at the Fed. Together with currency, reserves make up the monetary base. The series is published weekly on the H.4.1 release and is stated in billions of dollars.
Why it matters
Reserves are the settlement asset of the US banking system and the direct counterpart of the Fed balance sheet: asset purchases add reserves, runoff and the Treasury General Account drain them. Money market participants watch the level closely because when reserves become scarce, overnight funding rates can spike, as happened in the September 2019 repo episode.
How to read it
Rising reserves generally indicate an expanding Fed balance sheet or drawdowns of other Fed liabilities; falling reserves accompany quantitative tightening. There is no fixed adequate level, since bank demand for reserves shifts with regulation and balance sheet size. Pressure signals appear in repo and fed funds rates before the reserve level itself looks alarming, so read the two together.
Get Bank Reserves in Excel
Pull Bank Reserves directly into your spreadsheet with a single MarketXLS formula - always current, no copy-pasting:
=BankReserves()View the Bank Reserves formula documentation or browse all 100+ Economic Data functions.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the current Bank Reserves?
Bank Reserves is 2.944T as of August 2026.
What is the all-time high and low of Bank Reserves?
The highest value on record is 4.276T (December 2021) and the lowest is 2.795B (March 2006).
How often is Bank Reserves updated?
Bank Reserves is published on a weekly basis, sourced from Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED).
How do I get Bank Reserves in Excel?
Use the MarketXLS Excel formula =BankReserves() to pull Bank Reserves directly into any cell, with historical values available for analysis.
Stats
| Last Value | 2.944T |
| Latest Period | Wk of Aug 12 2026 |
| Last Updated | August 13 2026, 03:31 |
| Value Previous Week | 2.993T |
| Change From Previous Week | -1.65% |
| Value 1 Year Ago | 3.332T |
| Change From Year Ago | -11.66% |
| Average Growth Rate | 27.72%/yr |
| Record High (Dec 2021) | 4.276T |
| Record Low (Mar 2006) | 2.795B |
| Long-Term Average | 1.78T |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Adjustment | Not Seasonally Adjusted |
| Unit | Millions of U.S. Dollars |
Annual Averages
| 2026 | 3.014T |
| 2025 | 3.195T |
| 2024 | 3.367T |
| 2023 | 3.239T |
| 2022 | 3.396T |
| 2021 | 3.884T |
| 2020 | 2.649T |
| 2019 | 1.555T |
| 2018 | 1.983T |
| 2017 | 2.253T |
| 2016 | 2.306T |
| 2015 | 2.606T |
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