Legacy Fund Data Through June, 2017

Source here.

• most recent deposit, June 21, 2017: $37 million
• total deposits since inception: $3.9 billion
• net assets in the fund, as of January, 2017: $4.3 billion 
• height of the boom: $90 million / month being deposited
• currently: about $30 million / month being deposited

Meanwhile, on June 5, 2017, The Grand Forks Herald reported that for the first time ever, ND legislators will tap the earnings from the fund.

• purpose: to help balance the budget; 2017 - 2019 budget
• amount: $200 million

Options for strategic management of the fund:

• one option -- spend all the earnings; deposits would still total $20 billion by 2060 -- no one advocates this option
• second option -- at the other extreme: reinvest all earnings; doing so, the fund would balloon to $102 billion by 2060
• middle of the road options
• reinvest 75% of the fund's earnings; spending 25%; balance of $65 billion by 2060
• other option: "reinvest, replace, and spend": $50 billion by 2060

Typical political talk: "no one advocates the option of spending all the earnings." LOL. Total earnings to date in the Legacy Fund: $400 million. In its first move on these earnings, the legislature will spend 50% of these total earnings on one item: balancing the budget. It appears no one advocates spending all the Legacy Fund earnings  but it's already happening.