Glossary

System Open Market Account (SOMA)

The System Open Market Account holds the dollar-denominated assets the Federal Reserve has acquired through open market operations, mainly securities. The New York Fed executes transactions for the account on behalf of the FOMC. The account also holds the Federal Reserve's foreign currency reserves.

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SOMA holdings over time

SOMA holdings

Total System Open Market Account holdings, weekly, not total Federal Reserve assets. The axis shows trillions of dollars, rounded for labels only. The key and the table give the value as published.

Time range for SOMA holdings
$6.1T$6.2T$6.3T$6.4TOct 25Jan 26Apr 26Jul 26$6.1T$6.2T$6.3T$6.4TOct 25Jan 26Apr 26Jul 26
$6.0T$7.0T$8.0T$9.0T20222023202420252026$6.0T$7.0T$8.0T$9.0T20222023202420252026
$3.0T$4.0T$5.0T$6.0T$7.0T$8.0T$9.0T20182020202220242026$3.0T$4.0T$5.0T$6.0T$7.0T$8.0T$9.0T20182020202220242026
$0.0T$2.0T$4.0T$6.0T$8.0T$10.0T20052010201520202025$0.0T$2.0T$4.0T$6.0T$8.0T$10.0T20052010201520202025
  • SOMA total holdings $6,358,573,997,880.20 Sep 30, 2026

Source: Federal Reserve Bank of New York, SOMA summary history · as of · retrieved

Data
Total SOMA holdings in dollars, the last print of each calendar quarter (a sample of the plotted line)
As ofTotal
Sep 24, 2003$654,473,316,000.00
Dec 31, 2003$665,000,116,000.00
Mar 31, 2004$672,391,366,000.00
Jun 30, 2004$685,454,366,000.00
Sep 29, 2004$696,482,366,000.00
Dec 29, 2004$715,507,486,000.00
Mar 30, 2005$715,209,519,000.00
Jun 29, 2005$723,226,552,000.00
Sep 28, 2005$733,168,152,000.00
Dec 28, 2005$740,848,599,000.00
Mar 29, 2006$755,193,221,000.00
Jun 28, 2006$762,595,446,000.00
Sep 27, 2006$764,827,929,000.00
Dec 27, 2006$774,987,618,000.00
Mar 28, 2007$777,347,825,000.00
Jun 27, 2007$786,149,825,000.00
Sep 26, 2007$774,913,483,000.00
Dec 26, 2007$749,750,234,000.00
Mar 26, 2008$607,579,161,000.00
Jun 25, 2008$473,302,960,000.00
Sep 24, 2008$479,985,502,900.00
Dec 31, 2008$489,693,502,900.00
Mar 25, 2009$757,262,829,168.00
Jun 24, 2009$1,212,040,431,153.80
Sep 30, 2009$1,587,020,034,300.00
Dec 30, 2009$1,838,849,745,975.50
Mar 31, 2010$2,008,756,703,446.30
Jun 30, 2010$2,054,460,166,266.20
Sep 29, 2010$2,038,827,407,489.00
Dec 29, 2010$2,149,525,358,436.20
Mar 30, 2011$2,396,289,704,916.10
Jun 29, 2011$2,633,633,441,174.70
Sep 28, 2011$2,634,157,473,454.20
Dec 28, 2011$2,603,764,526,266.30
Mar 28, 2012$2,589,017,878,975.60
Jun 27, 2012$2,603,158,121,301.90
Sep 26, 2012$2,556,821,729,413.80
Dec 26, 2012$2,649,332,839,120.30
Mar 27, 2013$2,926,952,334,818.20
Jun 26, 2013$3,194,599,884,715.00
Sep 25, 2013$3,454,330,232,934.70
Dec 31, 2013$3,742,632,690,427.80
Mar 26, 2014$3,948,089,960,865.10
Jun 25, 2014$4,088,813,507,970.90
Sep 24, 2014$4,178,343,086,869.30
Dec 31, 2014$4,220,690,108,476.80
Mar 25, 2015$4,213,964,708,612.80
Jun 24, 2015$4,227,464,404,825.00
Sep 30, 2015$4,221,499,920,390.40
Dec 30, 2015$4,225,583,667,597.60
Mar 30, 2016$4,227,737,869,418.30
Jun 29, 2016$4,213,862,766,793.10
Sep 28, 2016$4,203,567,172,677.70
Dec 28, 2016$4,203,366,691,374.20
Mar 29, 2017$4,228,959,674,894.20
Jun 28, 2017$4,224,719,509,413.80
Sep 27, 2017$4,221,655,151,614.20
Dec 27, 2017$4,203,854,982,331.50
Mar 28, 2018$4,163,864,039,501.30
Jun 27, 2018$4,080,701,043,257.30
Sep 26, 2018$3,975,452,883,030.40
Dec 26, 2018$3,857,873,039,174.80
Mar 27, 2019$3,749,234,437,230.70
Jun 26, 2019$3,621,864,604,309.80
Sep 25, 2019$3,552,957,176,149.20
Dec 31, 2019$3,714,482,596,780.60
Mar 25, 2020$4,336,011,382,965.00
Jun 24, 2020$6,107,308,210,209.90
Sep 30, 2020$6,390,379,082,800.20
Dec 30, 2020$6,687,077,217,563.09
Mar 31, 2021$7,083,224,261,791.89
Jun 30, 2021$7,450,262,558,653.42
Sep 29, 2021$7,863,880,504,300.80
Dec 29, 2021$8,197,891,860,011.00
Mar 30, 2022$8,398,359,684,121.30
Jun 29, 2022$8,384,742,591,811.30
Sep 28, 2022$8,272,288,169,977.00
Dec 28, 2022$8,041,875,253,601.80
Mar 29, 2023$7,822,324,033,290.50
Jun 28, 2023$7,577,439,912,355.20
Sep 27, 2023$7,329,489,160,028.60
Dec 27, 2023$7,110,733,520,330.00
Mar 27, 2024$6,895,845,250,739.80
Jun 26, 2024$6,673,467,890,478.70
Sep 25, 2024$6,551,103,309,394.10
Dec 31, 2024$6,408,308,868,072.60
Mar 26, 2025$6,319,641,344,480.90
Jun 25, 2025$6,242,120,746,578.70
Sep 24, 2025$6,191,231,192,275.50
Dec 31, 2025$6,154,707,149,716.80
Mar 25, 2026$6,271,471,713,765.80
Jun 24, 2026$6,344,345,567,445.70
Sep 30, 2026$6,358,573,997,880.20

Sources

Checked against these official pages on Monday, October 5, 2026. Quoted text is copied word for word.

  • New York Fed, SOMA Holdings

    The Federal Reserve System Open Market Account (SOMA) contains dollar-denominated assets acquired through open market operations.