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Fluctuations in the Treasury General Account and their effect on the Fed's balance sheet, Accessible Data

Figure 1. Treasury General Account balance, January 1, 2008 to July 9, 2025

Figure 1 shows a time-series plot of the Treasury General Account balance from January 1, 2008, to July 9, 2025. The data is from FRED, series WDTGAL and is weekly as of Wednesday. The figure illustrates the large volatility of the Treasury General Account, especially in the second half of the sample. The series fluctuations between $3 billion and $1,792 billion, with several sharp declines and subsequent increases in the second half of the sample.

Source: FRED, series WDTGAL. Weekly data as of Wednesday.

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Last Update: August 06, 2025