The Fiscal Service Announces Activity for Securities in the STRIPS Program for February 1999

FOR RELEASE AT 3:00 PM

March 4, 1999

The Bureau of the Fiscal Service announced activity during the month of February 1999 for securities within the Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal of Securities program (STRIPS).

Dollar Amounts In Thousands

Principal Outstanding (Eligible Securities)	$1,656,965,719
Held in Unstripped Form	$1,438,321,876
Held in Stripped Form	$218,643,843
Reconstituted in February	$11,842,788

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/.