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United States Central Bank Total Assets
United States's central bank total assets represent the size of the Federal Reserve's balance sheet, including domestic and foreign securities, loans to banks, and gold. Balance sheet expansion is the mechanism of quantitative easing (QE).
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Why Central Bank Total Assets matters for USD
A rapidly expanding central bank balance sheet (QE) injects liquidity into the financial system and typically weakens the usd. Balance sheet reduction (QT, or quantitative tightening) is the opposite—draining reserves and supporting the usd.
How to interpret this series
Accelerating balance sheet growth is usd-negative as it signals monetary easing. Declining total assets indicate QT is underway, which is restrictive and tends to support the usd all else being equal.
Historical Central Bank Total Assets
Source: Federal Reserve. Cadence: Weekly. Unit: USD tn. History from 2002-12-18 (23.5 years).
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Central Bank Policy Rate
Primary interest rate set by the Central Bank.
Foreign Exchange Reserves
Assets held by the central bank in foreign currencies, used to support the exchange rate and manage monetary policy. Key indicator of a country's external financial position.
Gold Reserves
Quantity of gold held by the central bank as part of its foreign exchange reserves, measured in value terms.
Risk Free Rate
Overnight lending rate between banks.
Common questions
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How often is United States Central Bank Total Assets updated?
Central Bank Total Assets for United States is released on a weekly schedule by Federal Reserve (or the relevant national statistics agency). FXMacroData ingests each new value within seconds of the official publication and exposes the exact announcement timestamp on every record.
What unit is Central Bank Total Assets reported in?
The series is published in USD tn. The exact unit is also returned on every API response under the indicator metadata.
Where does FXMacroData source United States Central Bank Total Assets data?
Data is fetched directly from Federal Reserve or the official national statistics publication for United States. The source URL is preserved on every announcement record so downstream consumers can trace the value back to its primary release.
How do I query Central Bank Total Assets for United States via the API?
Issue a GET request to /api/v1/announcements/usd/cb_assets?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY. The response contains a chronological list of observations with values, release dates, and announcement timestamps. USD announcement data is public; other currencies require a Professional API key.