Money 

Market Fund 

Statistics

Data as of 

December 31, 2018

February 5, 2019 

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 ExchangeCommission. The Commission hasexpressed no view regarding this report or

the information contained in it. 
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Table of Contents

TOPIC 12/31/2018 Change 11/30/2018 Page

Number of Money Market FundsReporting (Not Including Feeder Funds) 370 -9 379 3

Assets (in billions) Total Money Market Funds $3,297.9 $44.7 $3,253.2 4

Prime Funds $764.2 -$7.5 $771.7

Government & Treasury Funds $2,384.0 $45.8 $2,338.2

Tax Exempt Funds $149.7 $6.5 $143.2

7-Day Yields Gross Prime Funds 2.60% 0.17% 2.43% 5

Government & Treasury Funds 2.45% 0.17% 2.28%

Tax Exempt Funds 1.76% 0.02% 1.74%

7-Day Yields Prime Funds Gross 2.60% 0.17% 2.43% 6

Net 2.42% 0.17% 2.25%

Expense Ratio 0.19% 0.01% 0.18%

Weighted Average Life (WAL), 

Weighted by Fund Assets Prime Funds 60.2 days -5.1 days 65.3 days 7

Government & Treasury Funds 88.3 days 1.3 days 87.0 days

Tax Exempt Funds 28.0 days -1.7 days 29.7 days

Weighted Average Maturity (WAM), 

Weighted by Fund Assets Prime Funds 28.7 days -2.2 days 30.9 days 8

Government & Treasury Funds 30.6 days - 30.6 days

Tax Exempt Funds 26.1 days -1.6 days 27.7 days

Liquidity of Prime Funds, As a 

Percent of Total Amortized Cost Daily Liquidity 34.1% 1.7% 32.4% 9

Weekly Liquidity 48.9% 0.9% 48.0%

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 $245.8 (32.2%) -$17.2 $263.0 (34.2%) 13

Non-Financial Co. Commercial Paper (CP) 

& Other Short Term Instruments $99.9 (13.1%) -$6.7 $106.6 (13.9%)

Government & Treasury (Direct and Repo) $212.8 (27.9%) $22.5 $190.3 (24.8%)

Financial Co. Commercial Paper (CP) $149.1 (19.5%) -$7.3 $156.4 (20.4%)

Asset Backed Commercial Paper (ABCP) $55.2 (7.2%) $3.3 $51.9 (6.8%)

Non-Government Securities All Taxable Funds 17.3% -1.6% 18.9% 14

MMF Repo with the Fed (in billions) $39.6 $37.1 $2.5 15

Longer-Maturity Securities 60 Days and Over 36.0% -4.7% 40.7% 16

180 Days and Over 7.2% -1.1% 8.3%

Information presented in this report is based upon data reported by filers for the period ending December 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

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

9/30/2018 383

10/31/2018 381

11/30/2018 379

12/31/2018 370

 300

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 340

 360

 380

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 420

Trend in Number of Money Market Funds

Does not include feeder funds
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(Millions)

Prime Govt & Treas Tax Exempt Total 

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 

9/30/2018 $746,446 $2,274,076 $135,169 $3,155,690 

10/31/2018 $743,331 $2,282,414 $138,142 $3,163,887 

11/30/2018 $771,749 $2,338,205 $143,243 $3,253,196 

12/31/2018 $764,185 $2,384,001 $149,687 $3,297,873 

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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

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%

9/30/2018 2.26% 2.12% 1.59%

10/31/2018 2.37% 2.23% 1.66%

11/30/2018 2.43% 2.28% 1.74%

12/31/2018 2.60% 2.45% 1.76%

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2.00%

2.50%

3.00%

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

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%

9/30/2018 2.26% 0.18% 2.09%

10/31/2018 2.37% 0.18% 2.19%

11/30/2018 2.43% 0.18% 2.25%

12/31/2018 2.60% 0.19% 2.42%

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3.00%

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

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

9/30/2018 62.2 88.9 30.3

10/31/2018 59.7 89.1 30.9

11/30/2018 65.3 87.0 29.7

12/31/2018 60.2 88.3 28.0

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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

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

9/30/2018 30.5 33.4 27.3

10/31/2018 27.5 32.2 28.5

11/30/2018 30.9 30.6 27.7

12/31/2018 28.7 30.6 26.1

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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

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 34.8% 49.8%

9/30/2018 31.2% 49.6%

10/31/2018 31.9% 49.8%

11/30/2018 32.4% 48.0%

12/31/2018 34.1% 48.9%

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40%

45%

50%

55%

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 $123,301

US $92,421

Japan $83,019

France $53,809

Aust/NZ $40,161

UK $35,439

Sweden $33,385

Switzerland $23,882

Germany $23,065

Netherlands $15,576

Singapore $9,445

Norway $6,430

Belgium $5,303

Other $4,307

Spain $4,162

China $3,630

Grand Total $557,335

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 specificbank. 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.

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

Canada $19,954 

Japan $11,878 

US $9,515 

Switzerland $2,638 

Other $1,196 

Aust/NZ $1,096 

Singapore $851 

Spain $703 

China -$1,109 

Norway -$2,285 

Belgium -$4,684 

Netherlands -$8,197 

Sweden -$9,673 

UK -$13,922 

France -$14,526 

Germany -$16,500 

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.

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

November 2018 to December 2018 
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(Millions)

Europe Eurozone Americas Asia Pacific 

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 $152,578 $109,968 

8/31/2018 $252,776 $134,998 $162,799 $111,847 

9/30/2018 $234,910 $133,740 $176,959 $119,718 

10/31/2018 $276,946 $158,020 $176,179 $118,456 

11/30/2018 $268,842 $146,213 $186,792 $124,768 

12/31/2018 $202,689 $103,413 $216,533 $138,113 

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.

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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 

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 $95,339 $158,911 $143,163 $41,932 $669,442 

7/31/2018 $243,998 $109,146 $156,450 $153,108 $44,428 $707,130 

8/31/2018 $240,445 $104,427 $189,323 $150,485 $45,757 $730,438 

9/30/2018 $246,243 $109,552 $186,679 $153,670 $47,464 $743,608 

10/31/2018 $262,769 $107,399 $172,413 $156,687 $46,840 $746,109 

11/30/2018 $263,039 $106,553 $190,315 $156,449 $51,916 $768,272 

12/31/2018 $245,797 $99,885 $212,784 $149,081 $55,236 $762,784 

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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 

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 18.2%

9/30/2018 18.7%

10/31/2018 18.9%

11/30/2018 18.9%

12/31/2018 17.3%

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

Federal Reserve 

Repo (Billions)

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 

9/30/2018 $44.9 

10/31/2018 $4.8 

11/30/2018 $2.5 

12/31/2018 $39.6 

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Maturities 60 days and over Maturities 180 days and over

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%

9/30/2018 35.2% 8.3%

10/31/2018 36.2% 8.0%

11/30/2018 40.7% 8.3%

12/31/2018 36.0% 7.2%

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

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.