AIG Draws On Credit Facility

The amount of U.S. Treasury bonds, bills and notes at the New York Fed has fallen to $171 billion, from $282 billion.

The New York Fed asset total for "other loans," which includes the AIG credit facility and other loans, has increased to $112 billion as of Wednesday, up from $12 billion a week earlier and up from $550 million a year earlier.

The Fed as a whole has a total of $849 billion in securities, repos, term auction credit and other loans, up from $780 billion a year ago and up from $814 billion a year ago.

At the Fed as a whole, U.S. Treasury bond, note and bill holdings stand at about $480 billion, the same as a week ago but down from $780 billion a year ago.

The Fed's "other loans" total has increased to $121 billion, up from $24 billion a week ago and up from $1.4 billion a year ago.

But the Fed does seem to have searched under the nation's sofa cushions for spare change: Total coin assets at the Fed have increased to $1.5 billion, about the same as last week, and up from $1.1 billion a year ago.