TREASURY BALANCES AT FED FELL ON MARCH 5 Treasury balances at the Federal Reserve fell on March 5 to 3.467 billion dlrs from 3.939 billion dlrs the previous business day, the Treasury said in its latest budget statement. Balances in tax and loan note accounts fell to 14.350 billion dlrs from 14.391 billion dlrs on the same respective days. The Treasury's operating cash balance totaled 17.817 billion dlrs on March 5 compared with 18.330 billion dlrs on March 4.