U.S. Margin Debt Rises $26.2 Billion in September, Stays Below June Peak

U.S. margin debt rose to $1.480 trillion in September, bringing securities-backed borrowing close to its June peak and highlighting the potential for forced sales if collateral values fall. Balances in customers’ securities margin accounts increased $26.2 billion from $1.454 trillion in August. September remained about $22 billion below June’s $1.502 trillion balance . Compared with the end of 2025, margin debt was up $254.5 billion, or about 21%. September’s balance equaled about 4.5% of the latest available annualized U.S. gross domestic product of $32.563 trillion. Using that same GDP figure for June puts its larger margin balance at about 4.6%.

Source: TokenPost