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Oct 16
ICI: Assets Fall to $7.9 Tril.
The Investment Company Institute's latest weekly "Money Market Fund Assets" report shows money fund assets falling $40.5 billion to $7.923 trillion. Assets increased $72.3 billion the previous week and decreased $45.4 billion the week before this. Assets saw a record high of $7.979 trillion six weeks ago. MMF assets are up by $556 billion, or 7.5%, over the past 52 weeks (through 10/14/26), with Institutional MMFs up $422 billion, or 9.6% and Retail MMFs up $134 billion, or 4.5%. Year-to-date in 2026, MMF assets are up by $190 billion, or 2.5%, with Institutional MMFs up $148 billion, or 3.2% and Retail MMFs up $42 billion, or 1.4%. ICI's weekly release says, "Total money market fund assets decreased by $40.46 billion to $7.92 trillion for the week ended Wednesday, October 14, the Investment Company Institute reported.... Among taxable money market funds, government funds decreased by $40.80 billion and prime funds decreased by $4.29 billion. Tax-exempt money market funds increased by $4.63 billion." ICI's stats show Institutional MMFs decreasing $39.4 billion and Retail MMFs decreasing $1.1 billion in the latest week. Total Government MMF assets, including Treasury funds, were $6.520 trillion (82.3% of all money funds), …
