Money-Market Fund Assets Hit Record Highs, Banks See Large Deposit Outflows As Stocks Crashed

As stocks continued to crash last week, money-market funds saw a second week of significant inflows (+$28.4BN) which together with the prior week's $52.7BN, pushed total MM assets under management to a new record high of $6.216 TN...

money market fund assets hit record highs banks see large deposit outflows as stocks crashed

Source: Bloomberg

And while bank deposits also saw (huge) inflows the prior week, the week-ending 8/7 saw seasonally-adjusted (SA) US bank deposits plunge $77BN - the biggest weekly drop since Tax Day in April...

money market fund assets hit record highs banks see large deposit outflows as stocks crashed

Source: Bloomberg

Non-seasonally-adjusted (NSA) deposits also tumbled (by $74BN)...

money market fund assets hit record highs banks see large deposit outflows as stocks crashed

Source: Bloomberg

Excluding foreign deposits, US bank domestic deposits (SA and NSA) plunged as stocks tumbled (-$70BN and -$78BN respectively)...

money market fund assets hit record highs banks see large deposit outflows as stocks crashed

Source: Bloomberg

On an SA basis, large banks saw $73.5BN of deposit outflows (the biggest since march 2023 - SVB!) and small banks $3.5BN on inflows. On an NSA basis, large banks suffered an $82BN deposits drawdown while small banks saw $4BN in inflows...

money market fund assets hit record highs banks see large deposit outflows as stocks crashed

Source: Bloomberg

Fiittingly, on the other side of the ledger, bank loan volumes plunged last week (driven by a $17.6BN drop in loans at large banks offset very modestly by a $0.8BN increase in loan volumes at small banks)...

money market fund assets hit record highs banks see large deposit outflows as stocks crashed

Source: Bloomberg

Finally, we note that US equity market cap rose this week while bank deposits at The Fed remained flat...

money market fund assets hit record highs banks see large deposit outflows as stocks crashed

Source: Bloomberg

Will this historically-strong relationship ever re-couple?

Authored by Tyler Durden via ZeroHedge August 16th 2024