Money 

Market Fund 

Statistics

Data as of 

August 31, 2018

Issued September 26, 2018 

U.S. Securities and 

Exchange Commission

Division of Investment 

Management 

Analytics Office

This is a report of the Staff of the Division of Investment Management of the U.S. Securities 

and Exchange Commission. The Commission has expressed no view regarding this report or

the information contained in it. 
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Table of Contents

TOPIC 8/31/2018 Change 7/31/2018 Page

Number of Money Market Funds Reporting (Not Including Feeder Funds) 383 1 382 3

Assets (in billions) Total Money Market Funds $3,143.6 $29.9 $3,113.7 4

Prime Funds $732.6 $31.2 $701.4

Government & Treasury Funds $2,276.0 -$1.8 $2,277.8

Tax Exempt Funds $135.1 $0.6 $134.5

7-Day Yields Gross Prime Funds 2.19% 0.01% 2.18% 5

Government & Treasury Funds 2.01% 0.05% 1.96%

Tax Exempt Funds 1.59% 0.49% 1.10%

7-Day Yields Prime Funds Gross 2.19% 0.01% 2.18% 6

Net 2.01% 0.01% 2.00%

Expense Ratio 0.18% - 0.18%

Weighted Average Life (WAL), 

Weighted by Fund Assets Prime Funds 60.0 days 2.1 days 57.9 days 7

Government & Treasury Funds 87.0 days 1.5 days 85.5 days

Tax Exempt Funds 24.3 days 1.5 days 22.8 days

Weighted Average Maturity (WAM), 

Weighted by Fund Assets Prime Funds 31.2 days 1.2 days 30.0 days 8

Government & Treasury Funds 29.8 days 0.9 days 28.9 days

Tax Exempt Funds 21.1 days 1.8 days 19.3 days

Liquidity of Prime Funds, As a 

Percent of Total Amortized Cost Daily Liquidity 34.7% 3.8% 30.9% 9

Weekly Liquidity 49.5% - 49.5%

Prime Funds' Bank Holdings Holdings by Country 10

Change in Holdings by Country 11

Holdings by Major Region 12

Prime Funds' Portfolio Composition 

(in billions) Certificates of Deposit $242.6 (33.2%) -$1.4 $244.0 (34.5%) 13

Non-Financial Co. Commercial Paper (CP) 

& Other Short Term Instruments $104.2 (14.3%) -$4.2 $108.4 (15.3%)

Government & Treasury (Direct and Repo) $188.1 (25.7%) $31.7 $156.4 (22.1%)

Financial Co. Commercial Paper (CP) $150.5 (20.6%) -$3.4 $153.9 (21.8%)

Asset Backed Commercial Paper (ABCP) $45.0 (6.2%) $0.6 $44.4 (6.3%)

Non-Government Securities All Taxable Funds 18.4% 0.1% 18.3% 14

MMF Repo with the Fed (in billions) $0.4 -$8.6 $9.0 15

Longer-Maturity Securities 60 Days and Over 35.8% 1.1% 34.7% 16

180 Days and Over 7.9% 0.4% 7.5%

Information presented in this report is based upon data reported by filers for the period ending August 31, 2018, except where 

specifically noted that a chart incorporates staff judgments. The presented information does reflect data from amended filings submitted 

after the required reporting deadline. Some calculations in the change column in the above table of contents and in the tables below

may not appear to total as expected due to rounding. If staff identify data in this report that requires correction, an amended report will 

be published with the corrected information. 
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Number of 

Funds

8/31/2016 443

9/30/2016 433

10/31/2016 420

11/30/2016 415

12/31/2016 413

1/31/2017 411

2/28/2017 411

3/31/2017 411

4/30/2017 412

5/31/2017 411

6/30/2017 410

7/31/2017 406

8/31/2017 406

9/30/2017 406

10/31/2017 399

11/30/2017 382

12/31/2017 379

1/31/2018 380

2/28/2018 379

3/31/2018 379

4/30/2018 381

5/31/2018 381

6/30/2018 381

7/31/2018 382

8/31/2018 383

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 340

 360

 380

 400

 420

 440

 460

Trend in Number of Money Market Funds

Does not include feeder funds
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(Millions)

Prime Govt & Treas Tax Exempt Total 

8/31/2016 $1,033,094 $1,801,109 $159,116 $2,993,318 

9/30/2016 $739,867 $2,069,321 $135,611 $2,944,800 

10/31/2016 $562,381 $2,217,459 $134,973 $2,914,812 

11/30/2016 $565,854 $2,273,710 $135,301 $2,974,864 

12/31/2016 $550,357 $2,273,496 $134,470 $2,958,323 

1/31/2017 $562,085 $2,219,739 $135,356 $2,917,180 

2/28/2017 $586,970 $2,209,607 $134,789 $2,931,366 

3/31/2017 $599,142 $2,195,143 $135,376 $2,929,662 

4/30/2017 $608,918 $2,175,191 $132,925 $2,917,033 

5/31/2017 $611,372 $2,175,570 $133,872 $2,920,815 

6/30/2017 $615,355 $2,148,708 $133,083 $2,897,146 

7/31/2017 $624,925 $2,156,749 $135,353 $2,917,026 

8/31/2017 $641,734 $2,213,514 $132,996 $2,988,245 

9/30/2017 $664,471 $2,237,950 $132,027 $3,034,448 

10/31/2017 $665,484 $2,226,755 $132,691 $3,024,931 

11/30/2017 $679,795 $2,267,558 $132,898 $3,080,251 

12/31/2017 $666,173 $2,324,868 $134,427 $3,125,468 

1/31/2018 $669,379 $2,270,227 $141,612 $3,081,218 

2/28/2018 $666,613 $2,315,094 $140,201 $3,121,907 

3/31/2018 $663,172 $2,273,435 $137,118 $3,073,725 

4/30/2018 $685,308 $2,283,454 $135,953 $3,104,714 

5/31/2018 $686,014 $2,321,558 $142,765 $3,150,337 

6/30/2018 $677,138 $2,282,219 $139,103 $3,098,461 

7/31/2018 $701,413 $2,277,786 $134,491 $3,113,690 

8/31/2018 $732,552 $2,275,969 $135,093 $3,143,613 

0

500,000

1,000,000

1,500,000

2,000,000

2,500,000

Millions

Trend in Money Market Fund Assets, by Type of Fund

Prime Govt & Treas Tax Exempt
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Wtd Avg Gross Prime Wtd Avg Gross Govt & Treas Wtd Avg Gross Tax Exempt

8/31/2016 0.57% 0.41% 0.60%

9/30/2016 0.63% 0.42% 0.81%

10/31/2016 0.71% 0.42% 0.69%

11/30/2016 0.73% 0.44% 0.62%

12/31/2016 0.87% 0.56% 0.77%

1/31/2017 0.91% 0.60% 0.72%

2/28/2017 0.91% 0.61% 0.70%

3/31/2017 1.03% 0.76% 0.87%

4/30/2017 1.08% 0.80% 0.94%

5/31/2017 1.09% 0.84% 0.84%

6/30/2017 1.23% 1.00% 0.93%

7/31/2017 1.27% 1.06% 0.88%

8/31/2017 1.28% 1.07% 0.86%

9/30/2017 1.28% 1.08% 0.96%

10/31/2017 1.29% 1.10% 0.96%

11/30/2017 1.32% 1.14% 1.00%

12/31/2017 1.52% 1.33% 1.59%

1/31/2018 1.58% 1.38% 1.18%

2/28/2018 1.63% 1.45% 1.16%

3/31/2018 1.86% 1.69% 1.46%

4/30/2018 1.96% 1.74% 1.71%

5/31/2018 2.02% 1.80% 1.24%

6/30/2018 2.16% 1.94% 1.53%

7/31/2018 2.18% 1.96% 1.10%

8/31/2018 2.19% 2.01% 1.59%

0.00%

0.50%

1.00%

1.50%

2.00%

2.50%

7-Day Gross Yield, Annualized

Trend in Weighted Average 7-Day Gross Yield, by Type of Fund

Wtd Avg Gross Prime Wtd Avg Gross Govt & Treas Wtd Avg Gross Tax Exempt
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Wtd Avg Gross Prime Wtd Avg Prime Expense Ratio Wtd Avg Net Prime

8/31/2016 0.57% 0.22% 0.35%

9/30/2016 0.63% 0.23% 0.40%

10/31/2016 0.71% 0.24% 0.48%

11/30/2016 0.73% 0.23% 0.49%

12/31/2016 0.87% 0.25% 0.62%

1/31/2017 0.91% 0.24% 0.67%

2/28/2017 0.91% 0.23% 0.68%

3/31/2017 1.03% 0.23% 0.80%

4/30/2017 1.08% 0.22% 0.86%

5/31/2017 1.09% 0.22% 0.87%

6/30/2017 1.23% 0.22% 1.01%

7/31/2017 1.27% 0.22% 1.05%

8/31/2017 1.28% 0.22% 1.06%

9/30/2017 1.28% 0.21% 1.07%

10/31/2017 1.29% 0.20% 1.09%

11/30/2017 1.32% 0.20% 1.12%

12/31/2017 1.52% 0.21% 1.31%

1/31/2018 1.58% 0.20% 1.38%

2/28/2018 1.63% 0.20% 1.44%

3/31/2018 1.86% 0.19% 1.67%

4/30/2018 1.96% 0.18% 1.79%

5/31/2018 2.02% 0.18% 1.84%

6/30/2018 2.16% 0.18% 1.98%

7/31/2018 2.18% 0.18% 2.00%

8/31/2018 2.19% 0.18% 2.01%

0.00%

0.50%

1.00%

1.50%

2.00%

2.50%

7-Day Yield, Annualized

Trend in Prime MMF Weighted Average 7-Day Gross and Net Yield, 

and Expense Ratio

Wtd Avg Gross Prime Wtd Avg Prime Expense Ratio Wtd Avg Net Prime
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(Days)

Prime Funds Govt & Treas Funds Tax Exempt Funds

8/31/2016 36.5 98.2 29.0

9/30/2016 42.9 94.6 27.5

10/31/2016 58.7 94.5 25.9

11/30/2016 62.3 94.6 27.2

12/31/2016 61.5 96.1 28.5

1/31/2017 60.4 96.2 26.9

2/28/2017 58.6 93.3 26.0

3/31/2017 59.6 90.7 23.7

4/30/2017 58.7 86.2 22.1

5/31/2017 60.1 83.5 19.6

6/30/2017 64.8 87.4 23.1

7/31/2017 65.1 87.1 23.5

8/31/2017 64.0 86.7 29.1

9/30/2017 61.9 85.9 28.2

10/31/2017 62.3 82.1 26.1

11/30/2017 64.5 85.1 27.1

12/31/2017 62.7 88.7 30.0

1/31/2018 60.2 90.6 26.0

2/28/2018 59.3 90.1 25.2

3/31/2018 62.0 91.1 25.6

4/30/2018 56.7 87.6 22.9

5/31/2018 55.6 85.0 22.9

6/30/2018 58.4 87.7 23.9

7/31/2018 57.9 85.5 22.8

8/31/2018 60.0 87.0 24.3

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Trend in WAL, Weighted by Fund Assets, by Type of Fund

Prime Funds Govt & Treas Funds Tax Exempt Funds
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(Days)

Prime Funds Govt & Treas Funds Tax Exempt Funds

8/31/2016 21.8 41.2 26.6

9/30/2016 25.8 42.2 24.9

10/31/2016 35.2 43.1 23.7

11/30/2016 34.6 43.3 24.9

12/31/2016 31.3 45.6 26.4

1/31/2017 30.8 43.5 24.5

2/28/2017 29.3 40.9 23.1

3/31/2017 27.4 38.7 21.3

4/30/2017 28.4 35.2 19.5

5/31/2017 28.8 31.8 16.8

6/30/2017 30.4 33.6 20.5

7/31/2017 31.2 32.3 20.7

8/31/2017 30.6 31.5 26.2

9/30/2017 27.7 32.1 25.7

10/31/2017 26.8 30.1 23.6

11/30/2017 28.0 30.5 24.8

12/31/2017 29.3 32.7 27.9

1/31/2018 27.0 31.1 24.0

2/28/2018 26.5 31.3 23.1

3/31/2018 29.8 33.7 23.6

4/30/2018 26.9 30.4 20.1

5/31/2018 26.1 29.1 20.4

6/30/2018 29.1 31.4 21.1

7/31/2018 30.0 28.9 19.3

8/31/2018 31.2 29.8 21.1

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Trend in WAM, Weighted by Fund Assets, by Type of Fund

Govt & Treas Funds Prime Funds Tax Exempt Funds
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Total Daily 

Liquidity

Total Weekly

Liquidity

8/31/2016 38.6% 62.2%

9/30/2016 43.0% 63.0%

10/31/2016 36.4% 52.5%

11/30/2016 32.1% 51.1%

12/31/2016 35.6% 51.2%

1/31/2017 33.6% 50.0%

2/28/2017 32.3% 50.2%

3/31/2017 35.4% 50.3%

4/30/2017 28.9% 48.9%

5/31/2017 34.4% 49.5%

6/30/2017 35.5% 50.1%

7/31/2017 32.1% 49.6%

8/31/2017 31.5% 49.1%

9/30/2017 35.4% 51.5%

10/31/2017 33.2% 50.9%

11/30/2017 32.3% 50.7%

12/31/2017 34.3% 50.4%

1/31/2018 27.7% 49.8%

2/28/2018 30.5% 50.6%

3/31/2018 31.5% 49.1%

4/30/2018 32.3% 50.2%

5/31/2018 29.2% 49.6%

6/30/2018 29.8% 48.7%

7/31/2018 30.9% 49.5%

8/31/2018 34.7% 49.5%

15%

25%

35%

45%

55%

65%

75%

Percent Total Prime Security Value

Trend in Daily and Weekly Liquidity of Prime Money Market Funds

Total Weekly Liquidity Total Daily Liquidity
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Country Prime MMF (Millions)

Canada $90,422

US $71,757

Japan $66,409

France $59,673

Sweden $46,494

UK $44,571

Germany $34,339

Netherlands $32,119

Aust/NZ $30,607

Switzerland $18,993

Other $7,124

Singapore $6,177

China $6,036

Norway $5,697

Belgium $4,164

Spain $2,935

Grand Total $527,518

SEC staff had to make judgments in some limited cases as to whether certain securities held in prime money market funds were 

issued by a specific bank. The banks were then grouped by country based on location of their global headquarters. In general, the 

calculations include asset-backed CP sponsored by a bank and all repos with that bank as counterparty. If identifiable with a specific 

bank, money market tranches of ABS are included in the calculation. Securities guaranteed, but not issued by, bank-related entities

are not included.

$0

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Millions

Prime MMF Holdings of Bank-Related Securities, by Country, August 2018
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Country Change (Millions)

US $5,641 

Canada $4,446 

UK $3,221 

Sweden $2,389 

Aust/NZ $1,658 

Japan $691 

Belgium $443 

Other $37 

Spain -$68 

China -$143 

Singapore -$443 

Germany -$617 

France -$836 

Switzerland -$951 

Norway -$2,114 

Netherlands -$4,229 

SEC staff had to make judgments in some limited cases as to whether certain securities held in prime money market funds were 

issued by a specific bank. The banks were then grouped by country based on location of their global headquarters. In general, the 

calculations include asset-backed CP sponsored by a bank and all repos with that bank as counterparty. If identifiable with a specific 

bank, money market tranches of ABS are included in the calculation. Securities guaranteed, but not issued by, bank-related entities

are not included.

 -$6,000

 -$4,000

 -$2,000

 $-

 $2,000

 $4,000

 $6,000

 $8,000

Millions

Change in Prime MMF Bank-Related Securities, by Country, 

July 2018 to August 2018 
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(Millions)

Europe Eurozone Americas Asia Pacific 

8/31/2016 $414,665 $227,798 $201,539 $161,803

9/30/2016 $218,682 $110,519 $154,358 $98,569

10/31/2016 $189,513 $102,615 $112,169 $84,255

11/30/2016 $189,359 $108,089 $113,736 $80,532

12/31/2016 $132,221 $78,415 $129,780 $88,706

1/31/2017 $191,920 $107,601 $122,864 $86,155

2/28/2017 $204,219 $115,993 $121,228 $90,201

3/31/2017 $186,298 $95,304 $138,311 $97,042

4/30/2017 $216,358 $117,210 $130,493 $98,436

5/31/2017 $222,292 $122,851 $126,919 $95,203

6/30/2017 $178,741 $86,779 $140,245 $101,940

7/31/2017 $210,819 $120,468 $140,817 $98,346

8/31/2017 $236,187 $137,561 $138,973 $100,476

9/30/2017 $219,908 $112,538 $140,983 $107,721

10/31/2017 $247,709 $141,263 $140,003 $103,269

11/30/2017 $243,457 $141,678 $158,724 $109,930

12/31/2017 $172,127 $86,732 $170,109 $114,197

1/31/2018 $244,751 $140,569 $161,705 $104,374

2/28/2018 $246,462 $135,413 $153,706 $107,348

3/31/2018 $213,557 $115,255 $158,769 $106,762

4/30/2018 $254,940 $130,595 $151,439 $108,511

5/31/2018 $243,385 $127,890 $158,453 $109,848

6/30/2018 $213,975 $106,821 $158,771 $110,025

7/31/2018 $255,767 $140,067 $152,658 $109,968

8/31/2018 $252,776 $134,998 $162,895 $111,847

Eurozone is a subset of Europe and Eurozone values are also included in totals for Europe.

SEC staff had to make judgments in some limited cases as to whether certain securities held in prime money market funds were 

issued by a specific bank. The banks were then grouped by country based on location of their global headquarters. In general, the 

calculations include asset-backed CP sponsored by a bank and all repos with that bank as counterparty. If identifiable with a specific 

bank, money market tranches of ABS are included in the calculation. Securities guaranteed, but not issued by, bank-related entities

are not included.

$0

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$100,000

$150,000

$200,000

$250,000

$300,000

$350,000

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Millions

Trend in Prime MMF Holdings of Bank-Related Securities by Major Region

Europe Eurozone Americas Asia_Pacific
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(Millions) 

CD 

Non-Financial CP 

and Other Short 

Term Securities

Govt 

(Direct &

Repo) 

Financial Co. 

CP ABCP 

Total 

Market Value 

8/31/2016 $458,565 $159,002 $220,096 $141,475 $50,509 $1,029,647 

9/30/2016 $260,280 $129,102 $222,935 $86,118 $32,234 $730,669 

10/31/2016 $212,463 $106,548 $125,909 $86,686 $31,214 $562,821 

11/30/2016 $211,101 $112,738 $125,233 $86,079 $32,613 $567,763 

12/31/2016 $191,495 $104,516 $138,081 $78,677 $32,515 $545,285 

1/31/2017 $232,349 $104,006 $105,944 $86,938 $31,280 $560,516 

2/28/2017 $243,982 $104,009 $109,092 $94,693 $31,882 $583,658 

3/31/2017 $245,654 $93,170 $122,938 $100,704 $31,470 $593,935 

4/30/2017 $259,185 $101,768 $105,465 $102,998 $34,261 $603,677 

5/31/2017 $257,741 $94,616 $120,056 $103,142 $34,915 $610,470 

6/30/2017 $231,652 $83,467 $154,742 $101,583 $38,005 $609,450 

7/31/2017 $255,799 $88,453 $136,482 $103,858 $37,676 $622,268 

8/31/2017 $271,275 $92,259 $117,587 $118,815 $41,166 $641,102 

9/30/2017 $263,070 $93,851 $150,153 $115,276 $38,080 $660,429 

10/31/2017 $279,090 $95,196 $137,314 $119,279 $38,932 $669,811 

11/30/2017 $283,618 $95,698 $132,108 $126,694 $40,230 $678,348 

12/31/2017 $229,575 $98,792 $162,539 $125,719 $41,367 $657,992 

1/31/2018 $265,761 $97,725 $120,823 $141,637 $41,962 $667,907 

2/28/2018 $256,631 $104,043 $123,698 $143,571 $40,185 $668,128 

3/31/2018 $222,924 $98,970 $161,875 $132,047 $39,885 $655,702 

4/30/2018 $242,621 $97,577 $163,528 $142,426 $38,018 $684,169 

5/31/2018 $227,305 $104,614 $161,880 $146,700 $41,658 $682,156 

6/30/2018 $230,096 $94,588 $158,911 $143,914 $41,932 $669,442 

7/31/2018 $243,998 $108,395 $156,450 $153,859 $44,428 $707,130 

8/31/2018 $242,636 $104,197 $188,087 $150,540 $44,978 $730,438 

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Millions

Trend in Prime MMF Portfolio Composition

CD Non-Financial CP and Other Short Term Securities

Govt (Direct & Repo) Financial Co. CP

ABCP
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Proportion of Non-Government Securities in 

all Taxable Funds, Security Value 

8/31/2016 28.5%

9/30/2016 18.7%

10/31/2016 16.2%

11/30/2016 15.8%

12/31/2016 15.0%

1/31/2017 16.8%

2/28/2017 17.4%

3/31/2017 17.4%

4/30/2017 18.5%

5/31/2017 18.0%

6/30/2017 16.8%

7/31/2017 17.5%

8/31/2017 18.5%

9/30/2017 17.9%

10/31/2017 18.2%

11/30/2017 18.7%

12/31/2017 16.9%

1/31/2018 18.7%

2/28/2018 18.2%

3/31/2018 17.0%

4/30/2018 17.7%

5/31/2018 17.5%

6/30/2018 17.5%

7/31/2018 18.3%

8/31/2018 18.4%

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30%

Proportion of Non-Government Securities in all Taxable Funds, Security Value
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All MMF Total 

Federal Reserve 

Repo (Billions)

8/31/2016 $149.9 

9/30/2016 $384.3 

10/31/2016 $198.1 

11/30/2016 $177.3 

12/31/2016 $403.4 

1/31/2017 $165.2 

2/28/2017 $194.0 

3/31/2017 $328.8 

4/30/2017 $174.3 

5/31/2017 $244.1 

6/30/2017 $365.1 

7/31/2017 $189.7 

8/31/2017 $204.1 

9/30/2017 $298.5 

10/31/2017 $164.4 

11/30/2017 $96.2 

12/31/2017 $288.1 

1/31/2018 $55.1 

2/28/2018 $30.9 

3/31/2018 $22.6 

4/30/2018 $13.7 

5/31/2018 $21.5 

6/30/2018 $88.8 

7/31/2018 $9.0 

8/31/2018 $0.4 

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Billions

All MMF Repo with Federal Reserve
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Maturities 60 days and over Maturities 180 days and over

8/31/2016 20.9% 3.0%

9/30/2016 24.9% 3.6%

10/31/2016 38.3% 6.2%

11/30/2016 38.2% 6.2%

12/31/2016 37.4% 6.9%

1/31/2017 38.1% 6.9%

2/28/2017 36.0% 7.0%

3/31/2017 35.3% 8.8%

4/30/2017 33.1% 8.2%

5/31/2017 35.0% 8.6%

6/30/2017 39.7% 8.8%

7/31/2017 38.3% 10.3%

8/31/2017 38.6% 10.1%

9/30/2017 36.1% 9.3%

10/31/2017 37.1% 9.7%

11/30/2017 39.1% 10.4%

12/31/2017 37.4% 8.6%

1/31/2018 35.1% 8.6%

2/28/2018 36.2% 8.3%

3/31/2018 40.7% 7.6%

4/30/2018 35.1% 7.0%

5/31/2018 33.9% 6.1%

6/30/2018 37.4% 7.6%

7/31/2018 34.7% 7.5%

8/31/2018 35.8% 7.9%

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30%

35%

40%

45%

Percent of Total Security Value

Trend in Longer-Maturity Securities in Prime MMFs

Maturities 60 days and over Maturities 180 days and over
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If you have any questions or comments about Money 

Market Fund Statistics, please contact Sharon Pichler and 

Isaac Kuznits, in the Division of Investment Management, 

Analytics Office, at Form-NMFP@sec.gov.