Public Debt Announces Activity For Securities In The STRIPS Program For May 1998

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

June 4, 1998

The Bureau of the Public Debt announced activity figures for the month of May 1998 of securities within the Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal of Securities program (STRIPS).

In Thousands
Principal Outstanding (Eligible Securities) $1,338,262,842
Held in Unstripped Form $1,110,933,706
Held in Stripped Form $227,329,136
Reconstituted in May $11,501,513

The accompanying table (PDF format, file size 20KB, file uploaded 6/4/98) 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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