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TABLE-U.S. M-2 money supply up $5.3 bln in Dec 29 week
NEW YORK, Jan 8 (Reuters) - U.S. M-2 money supply rose by $5.3 billion in the December 29 week to $8,123.5 billion, the Federal Reserve said on Thursday.
The Fed said the four-week moving average of M-2 was $8,101.6 billion vs. $8,067.9 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 Dec 29 (billions dlrs)
Latest Change Prev week Rvsd from M-1....1,605.6 up.....14.0 vs 1,591.6.....1,591.5 M-2....8,123.5 up......5.3 vs 8,118.2.....8,117.8 M-2 Avg 4 wks (Vs Wk ago)..8,101.6 vs ...8,067.9 Monthly aggregates (Adjusted avgs in billions) M-1 (Nov vs Oct)..........1,522.5 vs.....1,473.2 M-2 (Nov vs Oct)..........7,934.7 vs.....7,879.4
Federal Reserve's H.3 and H.4 report:
Two Weeks Ended Dec. 31 daily avgs-mlns (H.3) Free Reserves........rvsd..606,148 vs.rvsd...547,879 Other Borrowings...........192,321* vs........226,560* Seasonal Loans....4 vs..............2 Total Borrowings...........627,832 vs........674,517 Term Auction Credit........435,513 vs........447,959 Excess Reserves............798,469 vs........774,439 Required Reserves (Adj).....53,759 vs.........53,235 Required Reserves...........57,594 vs.........49,612 Total Reserves.............856,063 vs........824,051 Non-Borrowed Reserves......228,232 vs........149,535 Monetary Base (Unadj)....1,702,375 vs......1,665,190 * Includes Primary, Secondary and Seasonal loans, Primary Dealer Credit Facility, asset-backed commercial paper money market mutual fund liquidity and other credit facility extensions amounts, not Term Auction Credit.
One week ended Jan. 7 (H4.1) Bank Borrowings.........185,801**down.........1,968** Primary Credit...........87,935 up...........1,385 Secondary Credit.............16 down.............2 Seasonal Credit...............2 down.............2 Primary Dealer...........35,977 down.........2,499 Asset-Backed.............22,868 down...........929 AIG Credit Ext...........39,003 up..............79 Other Credit Ext............nil vs............unch CP Funding Facility.....334,272 up...........1,862 Float.....-1,462 down...........600 Balances/Adjustments......4,388 up...............2 Currency.887,700 down.........1,233 Treasury Deposits........66,137 down........48,092 Maiden Lane LLC..........27,028 up..............54 Maiden Lane II...........20,071 up..............12 Maiden Lane III..........26,798 down.........1,192 **Includes Primary Dealer Credit Facility,Asset-Backed CP, AIG Credit Extentions and other credit facility extensions amounts.
One week ended January 07 - daily avgs-mlns Fed bank credit...........2,177,564 down......68,963 Treasuries held outright....475,797 down.........164 Agencies held outright.......19,587 down.........679 Repos.........77,143 down.......2,857 Other Fed assets............605,725 down......20,016 Other Fed liabilities........68,668 down......10,646 Other deposits with Fed.......4,700 down......10,406 Foreign deposits..............1,572 up.........1,067 Gold stock....11,041 vs..........unch Custody holdings..........2,524,509 up.........8,046
Factors on January 07 Bank borrowings.............139,156 vs.......154,960 Float.........-1,721 vs........-1,491
