Federal Reserve Foreign Currency Denominated Assets
Fed holdings of foreign currency assets, including swap-line usage.
$19.0 bln+$145 mlnAs of October 21, 2026
Foreign currency denominated assets increased $145 mln to $19.0 bln. First week up in three weeks. Biggest increase in two months. Highest level in three weeks. Down $423 mln y-o-y.
Last two years
Source: Federal Reserve H.4.1 (FRED: WFCDA).
Questions
What is the latest federal reserve foreign currency denominated assets?
$19.0 bln as of October 21, 2026.
What does foreign currency denominated assets measure?
Fed holdings of foreign currency assets, including swap-line usage.
Why does it matter for markets?
A spike means dollar funding stress abroad — swap lines are the Fed's fire hose.
Where does the data come from and how often is it updated?
Federal Reserve H.4.1 (FRED: WFCDA). This page refreshes automatically every week, within an hour of the source publishing.