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Release: Money Market Fund Holdings

Money Market Fund Holdings
October 2023

Washington, DC, November 15, 2023— The Investment Company Institute (ICI) reports that, as of the final Friday in October, prime money market funds held 39.9 percent of their portfolios in daily liquid assets and 58.5 percent in weekly liquid assets, while government money market funds held 81.2 percent of their portfolios in daily liquid assets and 88.7 percent in weekly liquid assets.

At the end of October, prime funds had a weighted average maturity (WAM) of 32 days and a weighted average life (WAL) of 51 days. Average WAMs and WALs are asset-weighted. Government money market funds had a WAM of 30 days and a WAL of 74 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

September 2023

October 2023

Regulatory minimum

Percentage of total assets

Daily liquid assets

40.8%

39.9%

10%

­Weekly liquid assets

58.2%

58.5%

30%

Weighted average maturity and
Weighted average life

September 2023

October 2023

Regulatory maximum

Number of days

Weighted average maturity

29

32

60

Weighted average life

51

51

120

 

 

Government money market funds

Liquid assets

September 2023

October 2023

Regulatory minimum

Percentage of total assets

Daily liquid assets

81.3%

81.2%

10%

Weekly liquid assets

89.2%

88.7%

30%

Weighted average maturity and
Weighted average life

September 2023

October 2023

Regulatory maximum

Number of days

Weighted average maturity

27

30

60

Weighted average life

68

74

120

Holdings by Region of Issuer

Prime money market funds’ holdings attributable to the Americas declined from $489.15 billion in September to $459.97 billion in October. Government money market funds’ holdings attributable to the Americas declined from $4,312.52 billion in September to $4,199.91 billion in October.

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

9/30/2023

10/31/2023

 

Americas

$489,153

55.5%

$459,971

50.7%

 

Asia and Pacific

139,247

              15.8

150,253

                 16.5

 

Europe

238,192

              27.0

285,021

                 31.4

 

Supranational

17

                0.1

10

                   0.1

 

Other

15,074

                1.7

12,686

                   1.4

 

Total

$881,683

100.0%

$907,942

100.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Government money market funds 

     

 

 

Region

9/30/2023

10/31/2023

 

Americas

$4,312,522

91.7%

$4,199,912

90.3%

 

Asia and Pacific

116,592

               2.5

110,583

                2.4

 

Europe

261,352

             5.6

323,062

              6.9

 

Supranational

0

0.0

0

0.0

 

Other

14,444

               0.3

17,979

                0.4

 

Total

$4,704,910

100.0%

$4,651,535

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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