TABLE-U.S. M-2 money supply down $48.2 bln Oct 27 week

Thu Nov 6, 2008 4:30pm EST
 
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 NEW YORK, Nov 6 (Reuters) - U.S. M-2 money supply fell by
$48.2 billion in the Oct. 27 week to $7,877.2 billion, the
Federal Reserve said on Thursday.
 The Fed said the four-week moving average of M-2 was
$7,874.5 billion vs. $7,870.2 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 Oct.27 (billions dlrs)
    Latest  Change        Prev week  Rvsd from
M-1....1,487.9 up.....32.7 vs 1,455.2.....1,455.1
M-2....7,877.2 down...48.2 vs 7,925.4.....7,925.2
M-2 Avg 4 wks (Vs Wk ago)..7,874.5  vs ...7,870.2
Monthly aggregates (Adjusted avgs in billions)
M-1 (Sept vs Aug).........1,453.9 vs.....1,394.0
M-2 (Sept vs Aug).........7,769.0 vs.....7,669.9
 Federal Reserve's H.3 and H.4 report:
 Two Weeks Ended Nov. 5 daily avgs-mlns (H.3)
Free Reserves..............-10,296  vs.rvsd..-146,340
Other Borrowings...........373,911* vs........428,056*
Seasonal Loans...14  vs.............22
Total Borrowings...........675,272  vs........691,147
Term Auction Credit........301,363  vs........263,092
Excess Reserves............363,615  vs........281,716
Required Reserves (Adj).....52,272  vs.........46,867
Required Reserves...........52,067  vs.........45,888
Total Reserves.............415,682  vs........327,605
Non-Borrowed Reserves.....-259,590  vs.......-363,542
Monetary Base (Unadj)....1,239,747  vs......1,146,416
* 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 Nov. 5 daily avgs-mlns
Bank Borrowings.........359,010**down........29,798**
Primary Credit..........109,994  down.........1,952
Secondary Credit............nil  down.............1
Seasonal Credit..............10  down.............7
Primary Dealer...........77,020  down........10,373
Asset-Backed.............91,729  down.........8,173
Other Credit Ext.........80,257  down.........9,292
Float.....-1,326  down............86
Balances/Adjustments......6,000  up...............2
Currency.860,823  up...........3,375
Treasury Deposits........31,800  down........68,936
CPFF Net Hldgs..........226,088  up.........185,189
Maiden Lane LLC..........26,850  up..............41
**Includes Primary Dealer Credit Facility and other credit
facility extensions amounts.
    One week ended November 05 - daily avgs-mlns
Fed bank credit...........2,055,846 up.......182,898
Treasuries held outright....476,462 down..........23
Agencies held outright.......13,565 down.........332
Repos.........80,000 vs..........unch
Other Fed assets............573,915 up........27,909
Other Fed liabilities........44,722 up...........276
Other deposits with Fed......16,311 up........14,517
Foreign deposits.208 up............34
Gold stock....11,041 vs..........unch
Custody holdings..........2,494,267 up.........8,075
                Factors on November 05
Bank borrowings.............346,530 vs.......369,764
Float.........-1,559 vs........-1,234

 
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