August 25, 2026

Budget, Personal Loans

Fed Mortgage Bond Holdings Fall to $1.93 Trillion, Lowest Since July 2020

Wide golden hour view of the neoclassical marble facade and columns of the Federal Reserve headquarters in Washington, seen across an empty plaza with suburban rooftops faint in the hazy distance, illustrating the link between the central bank balance sheet and American housing finance.

The Fed held $1.9307 trillion of mortgage bonds in the week ended August 19, the lowest since July 2020, as the FOMC routes all agency principal into Treasury bills.

Mitch Strohm
August 25, 2026