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The Fiscal Service Announces Activity for Securities in the STRIPS Program for August 2012

FOR RELEASE AT 3:00 PM

September 1, 2012

The Bureau of the Fiscal Service announced activity during the month of August 2012 for securities within the Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal of Securities program (STRIPS).

Dollar Amounts In Thousands
Principal Outstanding (Eligible Securities)
$9,086,830,387
Held in Unstripped Form
$8,896,151,358
Held in Stripped Form
$190,679,029
Reconstituted in August
$18,161,987

The accompanying table 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 V of the Monthly Statement of The Public Debt, entitled "Holdings of Treasury Securities in Stripped Form."

The STRIPS Table along with the new Monthly Statement of The Public Debt is available on Fiscal Service's Internet site at https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/. A wide range of information about the public debt and Treasury securities is available at https://www.treasurydirect.gov/.