Thursday, October 2, 2008

Fed loans to banks, brokers, AIG totals $410 bln

Commercial banks, investment banks and American International Group borrowed a record $410 billion from the Federal Reserve as of Wednesday, the Fed reported Thursday. AIG borrowed $61.2 billion, the investment banks and broker-dealers borrowed $146.6 billion, and commercial banks borrowed $49.5 billion, the Fed said. In addition, banks have tapped $152.1 billion to buy asset-backed commercial paper from money market mutual funds.

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