The nation’s money supply rose in the...

The nation’s money supply rose in the week ended March 7, the Federal Reserve Board reported. The Fed said the measure known as M2 rose to a seasonally adjusted $2,954.5 billion in the latest week from $2,947.4 billion the previous week. An even broader measure, M3, increased to a seasonally adjusted $3,725.4 billion from $3,721.6 billion. The narrowest measure of the money supply, M1, rose to a seasonally adjusted $755.6 billion from a revised $755 billion. M1 includes cash in circulation, deposits in checking accounts and non-bank travelers checks. M2 is M1 plus accounts such as savings deposits and money market mutual funds. M3 is M2 plus less-liquid accounts, such as certificates of deposit in minimum denominations of $100,000.