US Liquidity Monitor

As of 2026-07-02

Draining toward the floor, thin cushion Reserves/GDP 9.3% SOFR-IORB +1bp RRP cushion $2bn M2 YoY +5.6%
8.0%11.0% 9.3%Reserves / GDP Reserve Cushion Gauge

Reserves / Nominal GDP

Bank cash as a share of the economy. 8-11% healthy; nearing 9% is the danger zone (2019 broke there). Last ~2 years.

11% - NY Fed upper 8% - floor 7.2% 8.1% 9.1% 10.0% 10.9% 11.9% 3.3% 3.9% 4.5% 5.1% 5.7% 2024-07 2024-10 2025-01 2025-04 2025-07 2025-10 2026-01 2026-04 2026-07 Reserves/GDP (left)3M T-bill (right, %) Reserves / Nominal GDP (ampleness %) WRESBAL / GDP · 8-11% = NY Fed ample band · 3M T-bill on right axis · source: FRED

Reserves/GDP - momentum (13-week change, smoothed)

Direction of the ampleness ratio. Green = liquidity loosening, red = tightening.

-17.4% -10.9% -4.5% +1.9% +8.3% 2024-07 2024-10 2025-01 2025-04 2025-07 2025-10 2026-01 2026-04 2026-07 Reserves/GDP - momentum (13-week change, %) 13-week % change of Reserves/GDP, smoothed - green = added, red = drained - source: FRED

Bank Reserves

The raw pool of cash banks hold at the Fed.

$0.78tn $1.52tn $2.26tn $3.00tn $3.73tn $4.47tn 2010-01 2012-01 2014-02 2016-03 2018-03 2020-04 2022-04 2024-05 2026-06 Bank Reserves ($mn) WRESBAL · FRED H.4.1 · source: FRED

Bank Reserves - momentum (13-week change, smoothed)

How fast the pool is growing or shrinking. Green = growing, red = shrinking.

-30.8% +4.0% +38.7% +73.5% +108.3% 2010-01 2012-01 2014-02 2016-03 2018-03 2020-04 2022-04 2024-05 2026-06 Bank Reserves - momentum (13-week change, %) 13-week % change of WRESBAL, smoothed - green = added, red = drained - source: FRED

Treasury Account (TGA, $bn)

The government's checking account - money sits here OUT of the system.

$199bn $379bn $559bn $740bn $920bn $1100bn 2024-06 2024-09 2024-12 2025-03 2025-06 2025-09 2025-12 2026-03 2026-07 Treasury Account (TGA, $bn) TGA = Treasury General Account - source: FRED / Treasury

TGA - momentum (4-week change, smoothed)

Cash flowing into (red, drained) or out of (green, released) the TGA.

-421 -226 -32 +162 +357 2024-06 2024-09 2024-12 2025-03 2025-06 2025-09 2025-12 2026-03 2026-07 TGA - momentum (4-week change, $bn) 20-obs (4-week) change in TGA, smoothed - green = added, red = drained - source: Treasury

Reverse Repo (RRP, $bn)

Spare cash money funds park overnight - the cushion. Near zero now.

$-53bn $101bn $255bn $409bn $564bn $718bn 2024-05 2024-09 2024-12 2025-03 2025-06 2025-09 2025-12 2026-03 2026-07 Reverse Repo (RRP, $bn) RRPONTSYD - source: FRED

RRP - momentum (4-week change, smoothed)

Cash leaving (green, released) or entering (red, parked) the cushion.

-219 -123 -27 +68 +164 2024-05 2024-09 2024-12 2025-03 2025-06 2025-09 2025-12 2026-03 2026-07 RRP - momentum (4-week change, $bn) 20-obs (4-week) change in RRP, smoothed - green = added, red = drained - source: FRED

Overnight Rate Corridor

Where the key overnight rates sit between the Fed's floor (RRP) and ceiling (IORB) right now - and what that order implies.

stress ample floor 3.40% 3.49% 3.58% 3.67% 3.76% 3.85% FOMC target 3.50-3.75% SOFR 3.66% IORB 3.65% EFFR 3.63% RRP 3.50% What each rate is IORB ceiling - banks' rate at the Fed SOFR secured (repo) funding rate EFFR fed funds - unsecured policy rate RRP floor - money funds' rate at the Fed Healthy order (top to bottom) IORB >= SOFR ~ EFFR >= RRP What the zones mean AMPLE - SOFR sits below IORB STRESS - SOFR pushes above IORB (scarce) below floor - rare NOW: STRESS (SOFR-IORB +1bp) SOFR above the ceiling - reserves scarce Overnight Rate Corridor Where overnight rates sit between the Fed's floor (RRP) and ceiling (IORB) - source: FRED

SOFR - IORB Spread

The siren: SOFR above IORB for days = reserves getting scarce. Quarter-end pops are benign.

above 0 = reserves scarce / tightening (stress) below 0 = ample / easy -22.0bp -9.8bp 2.4bp 14.6bp 26.8bp 39.0bp 2025-06 2025-08 2025-09 2025-11 2025-12 2026-02 2026-03 2026-05 2026-06 quarter-end SOFR - IORB (bps) Positive = below-IORB SOFR, funding tightening - hollow = quarter-end - source: FRED

M2 Money Supply - YoY %

Broadest money growth - watch the direction, not the level.

-7.8% -0.2% 7.3% 14.8% 22.4% 29.9% 2011-01 2012-12 2014-11 2016-10 2018-09 2020-08 2022-07 2024-06 2026-05 M2 Money Supply — YoY % M2SL · source: FRED

HY Option-Adjusted Spread

Extra yield risky borrowers pay - a jump confirms real stress.

239bp 287bp 336bp 384bp 433bp 481bp 2024-07 2024-10 2025-01 2025-04 2025-07 2025-10 2026-01 2026-04 2026-07 HY Option-Adjusted Spread (bps) BAMLH0A0HYM2 · source: FRED / ICE BofA