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The Fed dashboard

What the Federal Reserve is doing with its balance sheet, its interest rate and — through both — the price of US government debt. Official data, updated as it is published.

Fed total assets

$6.74 trillion

week of September 9, 2026

Fed funds target range

3.50–3.75%

effective rate 3.63%

10-year Treasury yield

4.96%

September 11, 2026

Next FOMC decision

Sep 15–16

2026 · with projections

Measured from the latest data, over the window stated in each line.

Dashboard

Each line shows the past five or ten years, one point per month.

The balance sheet since 2002

Shaded: periods of quantitative easing (QE) and tightening (QT). Hover or use the arrow keys to read a week.

QE1QE3QTPandemic QEQT$0$2.00T$4.00T$6.00T$8.00T200320072011201520192023
Federal Reserve total assets from December 18, 2002 to September 9, 2026, now $6.74 trillion. Source: Federal Reserve Board, H.4.1.

Why the Fed matters for the national debt

The Federal Reserve does not lend to the government directly, but it shapes what the government pays to borrow. Its target for the federal funds rate anchors the yield on short-term Treasury bills, which the Treasury rolls over every few weeks. And when it buys Treasury securities for its own balance sheet, as it did on a vast scale in 2008 and 2020, it becomes one of the largest holders of the debt.

This section follows both channels with official data: the weekly balance sheet, the policy rate, the Treasury yield curve that markets build on top of it, and the projections of the officials who set it. What a higher rate costs the budget is on the interest page.

Common questions

How big is the Federal Reserve balance sheet?

Total assets were $6.74 trillion on September 9, 2026, according to the Federal Reserve's weekly H.4.1 release. The largest parts are US Treasury securities ($4.55 trillion) and agency mortgage-backed securities ($1.91 trillion).

Is the Fed balance sheet growing or shrinking?

Over the 13 weeks to September 9, 2026, total assets grew by $15 billion. The chart on the balance sheet page shows every week since December 2002, with the quantitative easing and tightening periods marked.

What interest rate does the Fed set right now?

The target range for the federal funds rate is 3.50–3.75%. The effective federal funds rate was 3.63% on September 10, 2026.

When is the next Fed meeting?

The Federal Open Market Committee next meets on September 15–16, 2026. The statement is released at 2:00 p.m. Eastern on the second day, together with new economic projections.

Sources

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