The amount of U.S. commercial Paper contracted in the week ended July 15 Federal Reserve data showed on Thursday. U.S. seasonally adjusted c

The amount of U.S. commercial Paper contracted in the week ended July 15 Federal Reserve data showed on Thursday. U.S. seasonally adjusted commercial Paper outstanding fell $6.6B to $1.389 trillion in the latest week. Non-seasonally adjusted commercial Paper outstanding - which some analysts consider a more reliable Reading than the seasonally adjusted one since it has been distorted by the financial crisis - fell $2.4B to $1.446 trillion.