Money Fund Assets Surge Ahead of Next Week's April 17 Tax Payment Date.
Total money market mutual funds jumped by $15.3 billion in the week ended April 11, said the ICI, to a
record $2.47 trillion. Assets will temporarily decrease as income tax payments divert the cash torrent over the next several weeks. Year-
to-
date, money fund assets have grown by $
84.
1 billion, or 3.
5%.
Over the past 52 weeks, money fund assets have grown by an eye-popping $409 billion, or 20%. We expect inflows to resume with a vengeance in May, as
money funds begin to take market share in earnest from banks, bonds, and alternative investments.