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September 24, 2015
Washington, DC, September 24, 2015—Total money market fund assets1 increased by $13.96 billion to $2.66 trillion for the week ended Wednesday, September 23, the Investment Company Institute reported today. Among taxable money market funds, Treasury funds (including agency and repo) increased by $5.36 billion and prime funds increased by $10.66 billion. Tax-exempt money market funds decreased by $2.05 billion.
Assets of Money Market Funds
Billions of dollars
| 9/23/2015 | 9/16/2015 | $ Change* | 9/9/2015 | |
| Treasury (including agency and repo) | 973.35 | 968.00 | 5.36 | 979.05 |
| Retail | 205.23 | 205.00 | 0.23 | 204.08 |
| Institutional | 768.13 | 763.00 | 5.13 | 774.97 |
| Prime | 1,441.65 | 1,430.99 | 10.66 | 1,434.60 |
| Retail | 512.91 | 513.48 | -0.57 | 511.48 |
| Institutional | 928.73 | 917.51 | 11.23 | 923.12 |
| Tax-exempt | 245.35 | 247.40 | -2.05 | 248.96 |
| Retail | 179.05 | 180.35 | -1.30 | 181.24 |
| Institutional | 66.30 | 67.04 | -0.75 | 67.72 |
| Total | 2,660.35 | 2,646.39 | 13.96 | 2,662.61 |
| Retail | 897.19 | 898.84 | -1.65 | 896.80 |
| Institutional | 1,763.16 | 1,747.55 | 15.61 | 1,765.81 |
* Change in money market fund assets is primarily driven by flows and can be used as a proxy for net new cash flows.
Note: Components may not add to the total or compute to the $ change due to rounding.
Retail:2 Assets of retail money market funds decreased by $1.65 billion to $897.19 billion. Among retail funds, Treasury money market fund assets increased by $230 million to $205.23 billion, prime money market fund assets decreased by $570 million to $512.91 billion, and tax-exempt fund assets decreased by $1.30 billion to $179.05 billion.
Institutional:2 Assets of institutional money market funds increased by $15.61 billion to $1.76 trillion. Among institutional funds, Treasury money market fund assets increased by $5.13 billion to $768.13 billion, prime money market fund assets increased by $11.23 billion to $928.73 billion, and tax-exempt fund assets decreased by $750 million to $66.30 billion.
ICI reports money market fund assets to the Federal Reserve each week. Data for previous weeks reflect revisions due to data adjustments, reclassifications, and changes in the number of funds reporting. Weekly money market assets for the last 20 weeks are available on the ICI website.
ENDNOTES
1 Data for exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and funds that invest primarily in other mutual funds were excluded from the series.
2 ICI classifies funds and share classes as institutional or retail based on language in the fund prospectus. Retail funds are sold primarily to the general public and include funds sold predominantly to employer-sponsored retirement plans and variable annuities. Institutional funds are sold primarily to institutional investors or institutional accounts purchased by or through an institution such as an employer, trustee, or fiduciary on behalf of its clients, employees, or owners. For a detailed description of ICI classifications, please see ICI Open-End Investment Objective Definitions.
