RPT-U.S. Fed's balance sheet expands in latest week

Thu Nov 5, 2009 4:32pm EST

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NEW YORK Nov 5 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve's balance sheet grew a tad in the latest week on increased holdings of government and mortgage agency debt, Fed data showed on Thursday.

The Fed's balance sheet liabilities -- a broad gauge of its lending to the financial system -- rose to $2.147 trillion in the week ended Nov. 4 from $2.144 trillion a week ago. (Reporting by Richard Leong; Editing by James Dalgleish)

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