Monetary Base: Total
Monetary Base: Total is currency plus reserve balances under the central bank's definition, reported as Billions of Dollars.
5411.60
Billions of Dollars
Monetary base — latest reading: 5411.60 billions of dollars. As of August 2026, it is down 4.8% over the past 12 months, near its 10-year average. Source: BOGMBASE, US Federal Reserve Board, published monthly. Reported as published, without transformation; the publisher may revise it. Higher than all but 56 of 812 readings since 1959-01-01. Last at or above this level on 2026-07-01.
Min
48.40
Max
6413.10
Average
1273.94
10Y Percentile
53%
3M Change
-2.3%
Monetary Base: Total (BOGMBASE) — 812 observations from 1959-01-01 to 2026-08-01. Source: FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Red shading indicates NBER recession periods.
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Next scheduled release: Tue, Oct 27 (H.6 Money Stock Measures, per the FRED release calendar — scheduled dates can move).
How these numbers changed
Every figure above is the current one. These are the same periods as first published — what Monetary Base: Total said on the day, before it was restated. Measured in Billions of Dollars.
| Period | First print | Now | Change | Republished |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2026 | 5538.6 | 5538.9 | +0.3 | 1× |
| Jan 2026 | 5402.5 | 5402.5 | 0 | 2× |
| Nov 2025 | 5301.9 | 5302.1 | +0.2 | 1× |
| Oct 2025 | 5361.5 | 5361.8 | +0.3 | 1× |
Monetary Base: Total for May 2026 first printed at 5538.6 on June 23, 2026, was revised once, and now reads up to 5538.9. Recompute any row from FRED's own vintage archive.
Macro Regime Context
The market regime is currently bull (79% confidence).
See what this means across all four regime dimensions →3-Month
-2.3%
6-Month
+0.4%
12-Month
-4.8%
What this means
Monetary Base: Total is currently at 5411.60 billions of dollars, which is near its 10-year historical average. The trend is decreasing (-2.3% over the past 3 months).
Over the past 6 months the change is +0.4%, and over 12 months it is -4.8%. The short-term pace is consistent with the longer trend.
Cite this page
MacroRadar, "Monetary Base: Total," https://www.macroradar.io/monetary-base-total (as of August 2026).