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Heading into the bank stress tests, money-market fund total assets rose by a de minimus $5BN while seasonally-adjusted bank deposits fell $18BN to $17.594 TN...

Source: Bloomberg

And, on a non-seasonally-adjusted basis, deposits also fell (for the second straight week) by $14.8BN

Source: Bloomberg

Excluding foreign deposits, total domestic deposits fell on both an SA and NSA basis (-$15BN and -$5BN respectively)...

Source: Bloomberg

Small banks and Large banks both saw $7.5BN outflows (SA) each, while on an NSA basis, Small banks saw $5.9BN outflows as Large banks saw around $1BN of deposit inflows.

Usage of The Fed's bank bailout facility shrank a tiny amount - but still remains at an extremely high $107BN that the banks do not want to repay any time soon...

Source: Bloomberg

On the other side of the ledger, loan volumes shrank overall with a $630MN increase at large banks offset by a $3.7BN loan volume shrink at small banks...

Source: Bloomberg

Finally, US equity market capitalization remains drastically decoupled from its historically tight relationship with bank reserves at The Fed...

Source: Bloomberg

But globally, central bank balance sheet shrinkage continues as stocks soar...

Source: Bloomberg

Now that would be quite recoupling...

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