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How much cash does the US Treasury have?

At the close of , Treasury's cash balance at the Federal Reserve was $871.18 billion, down $22.52 billion from 1 October 2026.

Treasury cash balance, 2 October 2026

$871.18 billion

How has Treasury's cash balance changed?

Treasury's closing cash balance against earlier statements ($ million)
Compared withDateBalanceChange since
The statement before893,699down $22.52 billion
End of the previous month984,046down $112.86 billion
Highest of the last 52 weeks1,038,035down $166.85 billion
Lowest of the last 52 weeks686,969up $184.21 billion

Treasury's cash balance at each month-end

Closing cash balance on the last statement of each month

$ trillion

Closing cash balance on the last statement of each month0.00.51.01.52.031 October 200531 March 201630 September 2026Closing cash balance on the last statement of each month0.00.51.01.52.031 October 200530 September 2026

Source: U.S. Treasury, Fiscal Data, Daily Treasury Statement. Observed .

The numbers behind this chart
Closing cash balance, last statement of each month ($ million)
DateBalance
984,046
1,023,554
876,566
919,145
903,881
969,383
893,000
798,943
893,245
872,853
Show 242 more rows
DateBalance
956,014
926,328
890,825
555,224
497,596
456,980
351,443
677,657
405,786
559,582
793,025
721,892
756,878
921,042
885,725
709,513
854,001
777,798
718,926
962,428
775,268
837,099
865,481
768,590
758,851
832,412
656,889
541,843
501,828
402,394
48,512
316,381
177,692
415,005
567,908
446,685
532,791
596,470
635,994
669,911
619,273
782,406
854,240
923,240
651,523
771,264
742,843
406,108
213,153
278,023
215,160
355,984
459,402
851,929
776,700
970,716
1,121,951
1,414,465
1,611,352
1,728,569
1,622,986
1,598,798
1,781,679
1,705,982
1,763,090
1,722,032
1,449,129
1,180,035
515,257
357,251
403,983
403,853
342,618
434,942
382,483
133,091
176,662
263,709
232,874
422,586
334,012
290,665
403,597
402,138
344,874
366,596
384,713
317,971
358,159
332,805
354,393
419,376
289,648
199,390
275,794
228,933
183,157
176,855
159,322
55,401
189,023
181,117
189,831
272,585
92,205
189,287
372,728
399,190
422,034
421,567
353,312
288,946
333,748
363,662
298,416
339,091
313,835
272,359
370,182
333,447
253,274
22,892
198,716
131,787
209,982
254,340
198,947
273,869
100,084
34,929
156,815
223,452
108,270
117,403
158,302
48,664
127,237
139,299
28,894
148,343
142,189
46,029
88,573
162,399
33,433
83,001
88,386
26,135
109,693
134,858
34,681
213,863
79,152
81,750
120,247
92,720
48,947
99,966
85,446
30,121
90,485
91,419
112,369
166,619
43,480
62,542
158,596
85,737
85,605
97,285
56,284
42,481
65,172
130,130
112,645
99,447
111,203
88,632
147,189
140,773
79,426
24,212
107,888
75,533
3,191
87,615
19,925
98,277
91,519
14,779
84,536
186,632
99,236
19,721
108,324
93,333
92,971
115,984
15,222
136,194
67,151
23,502
23,548
106,123
66,385
43,998
32,988
4,681
5,256
4,978
4,620
4,955
5,552
4,424
5,773
16,120
4,669
4,307
5,539
4,579
5,126
4,649
5,340
29,504
4,245
5,194
6,053
4,708
4,373
5,617
5,451
4,907
4,546
5,525
2,637
4,784
5,455
5,024
5,606
4,573
4,634
5,712

The last 30 statements

Closing cash balance each statement day, newest first ($ million)
DateBalance
871,181
893,699
984,046
936,600
959,572
945,290
924,627
947,317
957,409
1,004,391
Show 20 more rows
DateBalance
985,932
972,675
991,708
991,557
871,224
822,200
818,110
843,705
880,019
888,923
903,928
944,364
942,793
1,023,554
971,343
950,804
959,435
994,137
966,849
933,218

What the cash balance is

The balance is Treasury's operating cash: its General Account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York at the close of each business day, as the Daily Treasury Statement reports it (the closing balance, in millions). Tax receipts and new borrowing raise it; spending and debt that matures lower it. While the debt limit is binding, Treasury pays its bills partly out of this balance.

What this number cannot tell you
  • The balance can change by tens of billions of dollars in a day, around tax dates and large auction settlements.
  • This page starts with the first statement we have, 3 October 2005.
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Sources and licence

Sources and licence

  • U.S. Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Fiscal Data (source). Licence: Public domain, a work of the US federal government

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