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

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

October 6, 1997

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

In Thousands
Principal Outstanding (Eligible Securities) $1,024,822,268
Held in Unstripped Form $792,308,817
Held in Stripped Form $232,513,451
Reconstituted in September $12,221,681

The accompanying table (PDF format, file size 26KB, file uploaded 10/6/97) 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, (file size 15KB, file uploaded 10/6/97) 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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