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Release: Money Market Fund Holdings

Money Market Fund Holdings
March 2024

Washington, DC, April 12, 2024— The Investment Company Institute (ICI) reports that, as of the final Friday in March, prime money market funds held 41.1 percent of their portfolios in daily liquid assets and 59.5 percent in weekly liquid assets, while government money market funds held 78.6 percent of their portfolios in daily liquid assets and 88.1 percent in weekly liquid assets.

At the end of March, prime funds had a weighted average maturity (WAM) of 36 days and a weighted average life (WAL) of 52 days. Average WAMs and WALs are asset-weighted. Government money market funds had a WAM of 40 days and a WAL of 85 days.

Prime and Government Money Market Funds’ Liquid Assets as of the Final Friday of the Month, Weighted Average Maturities and Weighted Average Lives

 

Prime money market funds

Liquid assets

February 2024

March 2024

Regulatory minimum

Percentage of total assets

Daily liquid assets

39.4%

41.1%

10%

­Weekly liquid assets

58.3%

59.5%

30%

Weighted average maturity and
Weighted average life

February 2024

March 2024

Regulatory maximum

Number of days

Weighted average maturity

35

36

60

Weighted average life

52

52

120

 

 

Government money market funds

Liquid assets

February 2024

March 2024

Regulatory minimum

Percentage of total assets

Daily liquid assets

78.1%

78.6%

10%

Weekly liquid assets

87.3%

88.1%

30%

Weighted average maturity and
Weighted average life

February 2024

March 2024

Regulatory maximum

Number of days

Weighted average maturity

41

40

60

Weighted average life

86

85

120

Holdings by Region of Issuer

Prime money market funds’ holdings attributable to the Americas rose from $504.42 billion in February to $544.42 billion in March. Government money market funds’ holdings attributable to the Americas rose from $4,435.52 billion in February to $4,442.71 billion in March.

Prime and Government Money Market Funds’ Holdings, by Region of Issuer*
Millions of dollars and as a percentage of portfolio securities

Prime money market funds

     

 

 

Region

2/29/2024

3/31/2024

 

Americas

$504,420

49.8%

$544,423

53.9%

 

Asia and Pacific

174,490

              17.2

157,546

                 15.6

 

Europe

319,111

              31.5

290,275

                 28.8

 

Supranational

6

                0.1

6

                   0.1

 

Other

15,853

                1.6

17,310

                   1.7

 

Total

$1,013,881

100.0%

$1,009,560

100.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Government money market funds 

     

 

 

Region

2/29/2024

3/31/2024

 

Americas

$4,435,516

89.6%

$4,442,713

90.8%

 

Asia and Pacific

132,127

               2.7

133,128

                2.7

 

Europe

358,929

             7.2

296,808

              6.1

 

Supranational

0

0.0

0

0.0

 

Other

25,584

               0.5

21,598

                0.4

 

Total

$4,952,156

100.0%

$4,894,246

100.0%

 

                           

**The region of the issuer is defined by location of the parent firm headquarters. Percentages are calculated by adding up the value of all securities of the indicated type by the region of the security’s issuer and dividing that amount by the total value of all securities of the indicated type. The other category consists of unclassified securities and countries with less than 0.25 percent of asset exposure.

More Information About the Data

Each month, ICI reports numbers based on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Form N-MFP data. The report includes all money market funds registered under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, that are publicly offered. All master funds are excluded, but feeders are apportioned from the corresponding master and included in the report.

More detailed data are available in the report, and historical reports are also available.

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