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Fed Balance Sheet (WALCL)

What it is

Fed Balance Sheet (WALCL) — registry key walcl.

Fed Balance Sheet aggregate (FRED WALCL); raw value, no bands.

Source

Source module: liquidity
Data source: back_fillable

Fetched directly from app/sources/liquidity.py; see source code for the upstream API call and any provider-specific handling.

How it’s computed

Fetched directly from the liquidity source; see app/sources/liquidity.py for the upstream API call.

Where it surfaces

• API field: signals.walcl on GET /api/v1/signals/latest
• Surface: daily_signals row (daily-cadence persistence)
• Surface: /signals/sparklines (UI sparklines)
• Surface: change markers in the rendered report

Health-score / alignment role

Data carrier — no implication, no health-score contribution.

Persisted for downstream consumers (sparklines, base-rate matcher, calibration substrate) but does not classify into BULLISH / NEUTRAL / BEARISH and does not contribute to the 0-100 health score.

Release cadence

• Publishes: weekly
• Weekday: Thursday (Thursday)
• Approximate time (ET): 16:30
• Lag days: 1

See also

• /kb/api/get-signals-latest — API endpoint that serves this field.