Public Debt Announces Activity For Securities In The STRIPS Program For December 1997

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

January 7, 1998

Treasury's Bureau of the Public Debt announced activity figures for the month of December 1997 of securities within the Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal of Securities program (STRIPS).

In Thousands
Principal Outstanding (Eligible Securities) $1,150,024,212
Held in Unstripped Form $917,769,120
Held in Stripped Form $232,255,092
Reconstituted in December $11,554,971

The accompanying table (PDF format, file size 23KB, file uploaded 1/8/98) gives a breakdown of STRIPS activity by individual loan description. The balances in this table are subject to audit and subsequent revision. These monthly figures are included in Table VI of the Monthly Statement of the Public Debt, entitled “Holdings of Treasury Securities in Stripped Form.”

The STRIPS data, along with the new Monthly Statement of the Public Debt Summary, is available on Public Debt's Internet homepage at: www.treasurydirect.gov. A wide range of information about the public debt and U.S. Treasury securities is also available on the homepage.

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