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TABLE-U.S. M-2 money supply down $9.1 bln Oct 12 week

Thu Oct 22, 2009 4:30pm EDT
 NEW YORK, Oct 22 (Reuters) - U.S. M-2 money supply fell by
$9.1 billion in the October 12 week to $8,331.6 billion, the
Federal Reserve said on Thursday.
 The Fed said the four-week moving average of M-2 was
$8,338.3 billion vs. $8,336.8 billion in the previous week.
 Following are the details of the money supply report, and
the Fed's H.3 and H.4 reports:
 One week ended October 12 (billions dlrs)
    Latest  Change        Prev week  Rvsd from
M-1....1,668.0 up......0.8 vs 1,667.2.....1,672.2
M-2....8,331.6 down....9.1 vs 8,340.7.....8,340.7
M-2 Avg 4 wks (Vs Wk ago)..8,338.3  vs ...8,336.8
Monthly aggregates (Adjusted avgs in billions)
M-1 (Sept vs Aug).........1,659.9 vs.....1,649.9
M-2 (Sept vs Aug).........8,333.5 vs.....8,305.5
 Federal Reserve's H.3 and H.4 report:
 Two Weeks Ended October 21 daily avgs-mlns (H.3)
Free Reserves..............877,017  vs.rvsd...808,240
Other Borrowings...........109,788  vs........110,188
Seasonal Loans...83  vs............102
Total Borrowings...........265,229  vs........288,565
Term Auction Credit........155,442  vs........178,379
Excess Reserves............986,805  vs........918,428
Required Reserves (Adj).....61,368  vs.........62,339
Required Reserves...........59,747  vs.........62,554
Total Reserves...........1,046,552  vs........980,983
Non-Borrowed Reserves......781,324  vs........692,418
Monetary Base (Unadj)....1,927,481  vs......1,858,198
          One week ended October 21 (H4.1)
Bank Borrowings.........108,169  down.........3,236
Primary Credit...........23,840  down.........3,540
Secondary Credit............424  down............44
Seasonal Credit..............77  down............12
Primary Dealer..............nil  vs............unch
Asset-Backed.nil  down............43
AIG Credit Ext...........40,961  up.............766
TALF......42,867  down...........363
Other Credit Ext............nil  vs............unch
Float.....-1,824  down...........348
Balances/Adjustments......3,395  vs............unch
Currency.915,591  down.........2,100
Treasury Deposits........83,461  up..........60,288
Maiden Lane LLC..........26,366  up..............54
Maiden Lane II...........14,467  up...............6
Maiden Lane III..........20,230  up..............55
    One week ended October 21 - daily avgs-mlns
Fed bank credit...........2,171,742 up........65,101
Treasuries held outright....773,476 up.........2,552
Agencies held outright......137,866 up.........3,320
Mortgage-Backed secs........766,543 up........63,970
Repos............nil vs..........unch
Other Fed assets.............89,560 up.........1,700
Other Fed liabilities........62,131 up...........904
Other deposits with Fed.......1,219 down......12,646
Foreign deposits..............1,655 up............18
Gold stock....11,041 vs..........unch
Custody holdings..........2,887,206 up........22,635
                Factors on October 21
Bank borrowings.............107,456 vs.......111,757
Float.........-2,048 vs..........-731



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