A press release titled, "SEC Staff Publishes New Registered Fund Statistics Report," tells us, "The staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission ... published a new report of Registered Fund Statistics, which is based on aggregated data reported by SEC-​registered funds on Form N-​PORT. The new report, which will be updated on a quarterly basis, is designed to provide the public with a regular and detailed picture of the registered funds industry -- with its more than 12,​000 funds and more than $​26 trillion in total net assets under management. The report provides key industry statistics and shows trends over time, including information and trends related to portfolio holdings, flows and returns, interest rate risk, and other exposures across U.​S. mutual funds, exchange-​traded funds, closed-​end funds, and other registered funds." SEC Chair Gary Gensler comments, "Providing data to the public is one of the more consequential things a government agency does.... This new report will give the public a view into the registered fund industry. Investors, issuers, economists, academics, and the public at large benefit from such regularly published economic data." The release continues, "Registered Fund Statistics contains the first aggregated report that reflects both the public and non-​public information filed on Form N-​PORT, and most of the aggregated data in the more than 70 separate tables of the report is being made public for the first time. Also, the public may download the statistics reported in Registered Fund Statistics in a structured format, which will provide the historical statistical series of information with each publication of the report." Chief Economist Jessica Wachter <​p:>`​_says, "`​The publication of …