The Fiscal Service Announces Activity for Securities in the STRIPS Program for February 2017

FOR RELEASE AT 3:00 PM

March 6, 2017

The Bureau of the Fiscal Service announced activity during the month of February 2017 for securities within the Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal of Securities program (STRIPS).

Dollar Amounts In Thousands

Principal Outstanding (Eligible Securities)	$11,809,858,080
Held in Unstripped Form	$11,568,796,486
Held in Stripped Form	$241,061,594
Reconstituted in February	$11,832,254

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/.