Free US Federal Reserve Balance Sheet Growth from 2020 to 2025
The chart highlights changes in the Federal Reserve’s balance sheet assets between 2020 and 2025, measured in trillions. Starting at about $0.65 trillion in 2020, assets expanded to nearly $0.75 trillion in 2021, before contracting back toward $0.62 trillion in 2022. Growth resumed in 2023, reaching roughly $0.78 trillion, peaking at around $0.80 trillion in 2024, then easing again toward $0.70 trillion in 2025.
This trend reflects the Fed’s policy adjustments, balancing stimulus measures, tightening cycles, and responses to broader economic pressures. Peaks in 2021 and 2024 align with intervention periods to stabilize markets, while declines in 2022 and 2025 suggest efforts to normalize the balance sheet.
| Labels | Assets (in Trillions) |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 0.71 |
| 2021 | 0.83 |
| 2022 | 0.65 |
| 2023 | 0.89 |
| 2024 | 0.93 |
| 2025 | 0.77 |
