Both the Federal Reserve and the U.S. Treasury provide
information and services for U.S. Savings Bonds.
Resources for Consumers
Savings
Bond Pricing 
Links to several savings bond pricing tools, including:
- I
and EE Savings Bond Comparison
A comparison of the two types of Savings Bonds
currently offered for sale, including a link
to the Treasury's Savings
Bonds Investor Guide
- Comprehensive
Savings Bond Value Tables
Find
values and interest earned
for any Series E Bond, Series
EE Bond, I Bond, or Savings
Note bought from 1941 through
present.
- How
to Buy Savings Bonds as Gifts
Find out how to give savings bonds
for any occasion or purpose such as birthdays,
weddings, or graduations. You can buy gift
bonds in several denominations and
choose either electronic or paper form
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Resources for Financial Institutions
Federal Reserve Savings
Bond Resources
Helps financial institutions access a broad variety
of material, including bank reference guides and
promotional materials
Online
Savings Bonds University
The U.S. Treasury's Bureau of the Public Debt's
Web-based application to train new bank personnel to handle savings bond transactions, available online 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with a valid ABA number
BondPro™
Helps financial institutions cash, price, and exchange
customers' savings bonds
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Products Offered by the U.S. Treasury
TreasuryDirect
The first and only financial services web site that
lets you buy and redeem marketable securities and savings
bonds directly from the U.S. Department of the Treasury
in paperless, electronic form
Treasury
Bills
Short-term government securities
with maturities ranging from a few days to
52 weeks, sold at a discount from
their face value
Treasury Inflation-Protected
Securities (TIPS)
Marketable securities whose principal is adjusted
by changes in the Consumer Price Index (CPI)
I
Savings Bonds
Sold at face value, a low-risk savings product that earns interest
while protecting against inflation
Treasury
Auctions
One way the government finances activities of the
Federal government, is to sell marketable Treasury
Bills, Notes, Bonds, and Treasury Inflation-Protected
Securities (TIPS) to the public. Marketable securities
can be bought, sold or transferred after they are
originally issued. The Treasury
uses an auction process to
sell marketable securities and determine their
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Treasury
Notes
Government securities
issued with maturities of 2, 3, 5, and
10 years and pay interest every six months
Treasury
Bonds
Bonds that pay interest every
six months; the Treasury resumed selling 30-year bonds in
February 2006.
EE/E
Savings Bonds
A secure savings product that pays interest
based on current market rates for up to 30
years (electronic bonds are sold
at face value from TreasuryDirect; paper bonds are sold at 1/2 face value)
Payroll
Savings Plan
A safe and easy way to purchase Treasury securities
on a regular basis and makes saving money effortless. |
Forms
All TreasuryDirect Forms
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