ECONOMY

Money Supply Mixed: The Federal Reserve Board reported that the measure of the nation’s money supply known as M2 fell in the week ended Sept. 2 to $3,523.3 billion, down $5.3 billion from a revised $3,528.6 billion the week before. An even broader measure, M3, rose $1.9 billion to $4,172.6 billion, from $4,170.7 billion. The narrowest measure, M1, rose to $1,097.9 billion, up $1.7 billion from $1,096.2 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.