The Office of Financial Research (OFR) delivers high-quality financial data, standards, and analysis to promote financial stability.

The Office of Financial Research (OFR) helps to promote financial stability by looking across the financial system to measure and analyze risks, perform essential research, and collect and standardize financial data.

The 2024 Annual Report to Congress provides an analysis of risks to financial stability in the United States and key findings from the OFR’s research and analysis. It also details the OFR's organizational efforts in meeting its missions of supporting the financial stability work of the Council and achieving organizational excellence.

The assessment basis covers expenses of the OFR, the Council, and certain FDIC expenses related to their orderly liquidation activities, as defined in the rule. Assessment Form (payment authorization agreement)

Dec 23, 2024 · An OFR blog shows how to use the OFR Hedge Fund Monitor to gain insight into hedge funds' exposures, using FX and sovereign debt as case studies.

Nov 20, 2024 · The report assesses the state of the U.S. financial system, including an analysis of any threats to the financial stability of the United States, the status of the efforts by the OFR to meet its mission, and key findings of the OFR’s research and analysis of the financial system.

The OFR works with public and private organizations to achieve its goals in monitoring, researching, and analyzing financial stability. Research partnerships and catalyzed research programs are an effective way to develop high-impact research and methods for analyzing emerging and existing risks.

Nov 26, 2024 · OFR Briefs are designed for a broader audience than OFR working papers. These papers analyze the financial stability implications of financial and regulatory policy, and recent developments in the financial system.

Dec 23, 2024 · U.S. money market funds (MMFs) experienced cash inflows in Q3 2024, pushing their assets to $6.9 trillion by quarter-end, according to the OFR U.S. Money Market Fund Monitor data. Attractive yields on money market instruments spurred these inflows.

Our reports provide insights into financial stability and the OFR. Several fulfill statutory requirements to report annually to Congress on the state of the U.S. financial system. We also periodically publish other reports, either at our own initiative or at the request of the Financial Stability Oversight Council.