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TABLE-U.S. M-2 money supply down $8.8 bln Aug 4 week

Thu Aug 14, 2008 4:30pm EDT
 NEW YORK, Aug 14 (Reuters) - U.S. M-2 money supply fell by
$8.8 billion in the Aug. 4 week to $7,720.7 billion, the
Federal Reserve said on Thursday.
 The Fed said the four-week moving average of M-2 was
$7,723.4 billion vs. $7,718.3 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 August 4 (billions dlrs)
    Latest  Change        Prev week  Rvsd from
M-1....1,420.7 up.....13.1 vs 1,407.6.....1,407.6
M-2....7,720.7 down....8.8 vs 7,729.5.....7,728.9
M-2 Avg 4 wks (Vs Wk ago)..7,723.4  vs ...7,718.3
Monthly aggregates (Adjusted avgs in billions)
M-1 (July vs June)........1,400.9 vs.....1,385.5
M-2 (July vs June)........7,725.9 vs.....7,687.0
 Federal Reserve's H.3 and H.4 report:
 Two Weeks Ended August 13 daily avgs-mlns (H.3)
Free Reserves..............-15,685* vs.rvsd...-14,980*
Bank Borrowings.............17,636  vs.........17,080
Seasonal Loans...97  vs.............99
Excess Reserves..............1,951  vs..........2,100
Required Reserves (Adj).....42,396  vs.........41,043
Required Reserves...........40,038  vs.........44,568
Total Reserves..............41,989  vs.........46,668
Non-Borrowed Reserves.....-125,646  vs.......-120,409
Monetary Base (Unadj)......847,252  vs........846,834
*Includes Primary Dealer Credit Facility and other credit
facility extensions amounts, not Term auction facility
amounts.
   Two Weeks Ended August 13 daily avgs-mlns
Total Vault Cash.....rvsd...51,758  vs.........49,103
Inc Cash Equal to Req Res...32,849  vs.........36,732
          One week ended August 13 (H4.1)
Bank Borrowings..........17,806**up.............343**
Primary Credit...........17,699  up.............329
Secondary Credit..............7  up...............7
Seasonal Credit.............100  up...............7
Float.....-1,120  up..............60
Balances/Adjustments......7,007  down............12
Currency.831,170  down...........397
Treasury Deposits.........4,859  down............21
Maiden Lane LLC..........29,145  up..............40
**Includes Primary Dealer Credit Facility and other credit
facility extensions amounts.
    One week ended August 13 - daily avgs-mlns
Fed bank credit.............883,000 down.......6,150
Treasuries held outright....479,396 up...........105
Agencies held outright..........nil vs..........unch
Repos........105,786 down.......4,714
Other Fed assets............101,987 down.......1,984
Other Fed liabilities........40,577 down.......2,236
Other deposits with Fed.........325 down..........23
Foreign deposits.319 up...........204
Gold stock....11,041 vs..........unch
Custody holdings..........2,394,883 down.........801
                Factors on August 13
Bank borrowings..............17,651 vs........17,504
Float...........-991 vs........-1,656

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