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Savings Bonds
Today’s Rates
This includes a fixed rate of 1.20%
For I bonds issued November 1, 2024 to April 30, 2025.
Processing Times
Heavy volume is slowing our response time to cases sent by mail.
The following transactions require at least 2 weeks of processing time if bonds and/or TreasuryDirect accounts are in your name.
- Cashing paper savings bonds where you are named on the bonds, and you send in the bonds with your request
- Unlocking your TreasuryDirect account or updating your banking information within that account
- Converting your paper savings bonds into electronic format (in a TreasuryDirect account)
Requests to search for lost, stolen or missing savings bonds require at least 4 months to process.
Other paper savings bond transactions you are authorized to handle, but not in your name require at least 6 weeks to process.
Other TreasuryDirect requests, including trusts, may require 6 months or more to process.
Special Announcements for TreasuryDirect account holders:
2024 1099 tax forms for TreasuryDirect will be available January 31, 2025. See our 1099 information.
You can call us from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, at 844-284-2676.
The annual purchase limit for Series I savings bonds in TreasuryDirect is $10,000.
Check out our new savings bond explainer page
Latest News
December 2024
November 2024
- Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners of the Crow Tribe of Montana Affected by Severe Storm and Straight-line Winds; One-year minimum holding period waived
- Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners of the Seminole Tribe in Florida Affected by Hurricane Milton; One-year minimum holding period waived
- Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in New Mexico Affected by Severe Storm and Flooding; One-year minimum holding period waived
- Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Affected by Severe Storm, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding; One-year minimum holding period waived
- The Fiscal Service Announces Activity for Securities in the STRIPS Program for October 2024
- Fiscal Service Announces New Savings Bonds Rates, Series I to Earn 3.11%, Series EE to Earn 2.60%
October 2024
- Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Arizona Affected by Havasupai Tribe Flooding; One-year minimum holding period waived
- Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Alaska Affected by Flooding; One-year minimum holding period waived
- Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Florida Affected by Hurricane Milton; One-year minimum holding period waived
- Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in San Carlos Affected by San Carlos Apache Tribe Watch Fire; One-year minimum holding period waived
- Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Virginia Affected by Tropical Storm Helene; One-year minimum holding period waived
- Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Tennessee Affected by Tropical Storm Helene; One-year minimum holding period waived
- Fiscal Service Announces Activity for Securities in the STRIPS Program for September 2024
- Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Georgia Affected by Hurricane Helene; One-year minimum holding period waived
- Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in Florida Affected by Hurricane Helene; One-year minimum holding period waived
- Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in South Carolina Affected by Hurricane Helene; One-year minimum holding period waived
- Fiscal Service Aids Savings Bonds Owners in North Carolina Affected by Tropical Storm Helene; One-year minimum holding period waived
