/EGBS/GILTS: The iMoneynet service said.....>

US TSYS: /EGBS/GILTS: The iMoneynet service said the "simple 7-day yield of US

dollar-denominated funds surged to 1.20% while assets of non-U.S.-based

money-market funds slid during the week ended Dec. 22. It noted "US dollar

(money) fund assets were reduced by $11.53 billion to $428.95B as USD Prime fund

assets plunged $7.71 billion to settle at $310.32 billion. USD Government fund

assets tumbled $3.82 billion to $118.63 billion." 

- It adds "total Euro fund assets sagged by E998.0 million to E94.90 billion.

Euro Prime fund assets were lowered by E998.3 million to E94.61 billion while

Euro Government funds nudged up by E0.3 million to E287.7 million."

- It said "sterling-denominated fund assets fell GBP615.7 million to GBP221.25

billion. Sterling Prime fund assets descended by GBP1.28 billion to GBP211.97

billion. Sterling Government fund assets, though, actually moved up by GBP668.8

million to GBP9.28 billion." 

- It said there were "255 US dollar funds, 130 Euro funds, and 184 Sterling

funds reporting. iMoneyNet has tracked non-U.S. money-funds since 1999, U.S.

taxable MMFs since 1975, and U.S. tax-free funds since 1981."