Financial Accounts of the United States (Z.1) · Total financial assets of financial institutions, end of quarter
How large are the assets of US banks, funds, pension funds and insurers?
The quarter ended : of the 12 lines, the change over a year was largest for Exchange-traded funds, up 36.6%, and smallest for Central bank, up 1.8%.
Financial assets of financial institutions, banks and lenders, each quarter
- Private depository institutions30.0319.16 to 30.03
- Finance companies2.931.63 to 2.93
- Security brokers and dealers7.243.47 to 7.24
- Issuers of asset-backed securities2.011.14 to 2.01
Financial assets of financial institutions, funds, pensions and insurers, each quarter
- Money market funds8.442.89 to 8.44
- Mutual funds25.3213.21 to 25.32
- Exchange-traded funds15.702.23 to 15.70
- Pension funds30.8320.75 to 30.83
- Life insurance companies11.497.49 to 11.49
- Property-casualty insurance companies4.362.36 to 4.36
Financial assets of financial institutions, government-backed, each quarter
- Government-sponsored enterprises9.876.58 to 9.87
- Central bank5.843.96 to 8.86
Each row is one line of the page over the last ten years, one quarter to a point, on a scale shared by the rows of the tab, with its newest value and its range printed beside it and a dashed line at zero. A gap is a quarter with no value. Pointing at the chart shows the quarter and the value.
Observed .
Right now
Over a year to the second quarter of 2026, of the 12 lines on this page the change was largest for Exchange-traded funds, up 36.6%, and smallest for Central bank, up 1.8%.
Of these lines, 12 rose, 0 fell and 0 did not change over the year (ours, from the published values).
By lineOver a year, ours
Financial assets of financial institutions, change over a year, by line
- Banks and lenders
- Funds, pensions and insurers
- Government-backed
Each bar is the change in one line over a year, the largest first, with its rank at the left and its newest value under the figure. A line with its own page links it from its name. A change below zero runs to the left of the zero line. The colour says which section of the page a line is in.
Observed .
Financial assets of financial institutions, change over a year in each quarter
| Line | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Private depository institutions | +2.3 | +0.8 | +2.1 | +3.7 | +4.0 | +5.3 | +5.2 | +5.1 |
| Finance companies | +9.5 | +4.8 | +3.4 | +6.4 | +5.6 | +8.2 | +7.2 | +4.4 |
| Security brokers and dealers | +15.8 | +8.1 | +11.9 | +16.4 | +11.3 | +19.1 | +16.2 | +20.3 |
| Issuers of asset-backed securities | +7.5 | +9.6 | +11.7 | +15.1 | +13.8 | +13.7 | +12.4 | +12.7 |
| Money market funds | +11.3 | +13.9 | +14.9 | +14.2 | +13.7 | +13.1 | +12.1 | +12.8 |
| Mutual funds | +21.7 | +10.6 | +1.7 | +8.1 | +6.6 | +9.0 | +8.7 | +11.6 |
| Exchange-traded funds | +39.7 | +27.5 | +17.3 | +25.7 | +26.7 | +29.8 | +30.7 | +36.6 |
| Pension funds | +9.8 | +6.1 | +2.6 | +5.0 | +5.2 | +5.9 | +5.9 | +7.1 |
| Life insurance companies | +12.7 | +6.3 | +4.2 | +6.4 | +5.3 | +6.9 | +6.0 | +7.4 |
| Property-casualty insurance companies | +17.5 | +6.2 | +2.8 | +6.2 | +4.9 | +7.7 | +8.8 | +9.2 |
| Government-sponsored enterprises | +0.8 | +2.0 | +2.3 | +2.8 | +2.2 | +1.0 | +1.7 | +2.4 |
| Central bank | −6.8 | −14.3 | −9.9 | −6.8 | −8.0 | +0.2 | +0.4 | +1.8 |
Each chip is one quarter's change from the same quarter a year earlier. The mark in its middle is zero: a fill to the right of it is a rise and a fill to the left a fall. A longer, brighter fill is a larger change, in five steps up to 19.1 and over. Every chip prints its figure and sign.
Observed .
Understanding financial institution assets
Where it stands today
The largest change over a year was Exchange-traded funds, up 36.6%, in the second quarter of 2026.
What do the lines of this page measure?
The Federal Reserve Board's Financial Accounts of the United States (Z.1) add up, for each kind of financial institution, the financial assets it holds at the end of each quarter: loans, securities, deposits and the like. This page shows banks and other lenders, money market funds, mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, pension funds, insurers, the government-sponsored enterprises and the central bank (the Federal Reserve).
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The government-sponsored enterprises include Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, the Federal Home Loan Banks and the farm credit system. Pension funds are private plans and the plans of the federal, state and local governments.
What 500metrics adds: the change over a year of every kind of institution, ranked across the page; the last ten years of every kind as rows of small charts; and a table of the change over a year in each of the last eight quarters.
The numbers behind the chart
What is the latest value of each line?12 lines, in the sections of the page
| Line | Section | Quarter | Value | Change over a year | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Private depository institutions | Banks and lenders | $30.03 trillion | +5.1% | 9 | |
| Finance companies | Banks and lenders | $2.93 trillion | +4.4% | 10 | |
| Security brokers and dealers | Banks and lenders | $7.24 trillion | +20.3% | 2 | |
| Issuers of asset-backed securities | Banks and lenders | $2.01 trillion | +12.7% | 4 | |
| Money market funds | Funds, pensions and insurers | $8.44 trillion | +12.8% | 3 | |
| Mutual funds | Funds, pensions and insurers | $25.32 trillion | +11.6% | 5 | |
| Exchange-traded funds | Funds, pensions and insurers | $15.70 trillion | +36.6% | 1 | |
| Pension funds | Funds, pensions and insurers | $30.83 trillion | +7.1% | 8 | |
| Life insurance companies | Funds, pensions and insurers | $11.49 trillion | +7.4% | 7 | |
| Property-casualty insurance companies | Funds, pensions and insurers | $4.36 trillion | +9.2% | 6 | |
| Government-sponsored enterprises | Government-backed | $9.87 trillion | +2.4% | 11 | |
| Central bank | Government-backed | $5.84 trillion | +1.8% | 12 |
The table scrolls sideways; the first column stays in place.
What do these figures leave out, and how are they cited?Limits, dates and how to cite
What this number cannot tell you
- The assets of one institution are often the liabilities of another, so the lines are not added together and are not a measure of the total size of finance.
- Several lines are at market value, so they move with prices.
- Total financial assets leave out buildings and equipment. Private depository institutions are commercial banks, credit unions and similar firms.
- The Board revises past quarters in later releases; this page always shows the newest release.
- The changes and the ranks are ours, worked out from the values the Board publishes; a change is in percent.
Observed . Checked .
How to cite this
Federal Reserve Board, Financial Accounts of the United States (Z.1), Total financial assets of financial institutions, end of quarter, through the second quarter of 2026. Compiled by 500metrics, "How large are the assets of US banks, funds, pension funds and insurers?", https://500metrics.com/financial-sector-assets.
Can the data be downloaded?financial-sector-assets.csv
Download the last ten years of every line as CSV: 492 rows, to , 34,736 bytes.
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