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Consumer Topics: Savings Bonds

Both the Federal Reserve and the U.S. Treasury provide information and services for U.S. Savings Bonds.

Resources for Consumers

  • Savings Bond Pricing offsitelink
    Links to several savings bond pricing tools, including:
  • I and EE Savings Bond Comparison offsitelink
    A comparison of the two types of Savings Bonds currently offered for sale, including a link to the Treasury's Savings Bonds Investor Guide
  • Comprehensive Savings Bond Value Tables offsitelink
    Find values and interest earned for any Series E Bond, Series EE Bond, I Bond, or Savings Note bought from 1941 through present.
  • How to Buy Savings Bonds as Gifts offsitelink
    Find out how to give savings bonds for any occasion or purpose such as birthdays, weddings, or graduations. You can buy gift bonds in several denominations and choose either electronic or paper form

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Resources for Financial Institutions

  • Federal Reserve Savings Bond Resources offsitelink
    Helps financial institutions access a broad variety of material, including bank reference guides and promotional materials
  • Online Savings Bonds University offsitelink
    The U.S. Treasury's Bureau of the Public Debt's Web-based application to train new bank personnel to handle savings bond transactions, available online 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with a valid ABA number
  • BondPro™ offsitelink
    Helps financial institutions cash, price, and exchange customers' savings bonds

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Products Offered by the U.S. Treasury

TreasuryDirect offsitelink
The first and only financial services web site that lets you buy and redeem marketable securities and savings bonds directly from the U.S. Department of the Treasury in paperless, electronic form

Treasury Bills offsitelink
Short-term government securities with maturities ranging from a few days to 52 weeks, sold at a discount from their face value

Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) offsitelink
Marketable securities whose principal is adjusted by changes in the Consumer Price Index (CPI)

I Savings Bonds offsitelink
Sold at face value, a low-risk savings product that earns interest while protecting against inflation

Treasury Auctions offsitelink
One way the government finances activities of the Federal government, is to sell marketable Treasury Bills, Notes, Bonds, and Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) to the public. Marketable securities can be bought, sold or transferred after they are originally issued. The Treasury uses an auction process to sell marketable securities and determine their rate or yield.

Treasury Notes offsitelink
Government securities issued with maturities of 2, 3, 5, and 10 years and pay interest every six months

Treasury Bonds offsitelink
 Bonds that pay interest every six months; the Treasury resumed selling 30-year bonds in February 2006.

EE/E Savings Bonds offsitelink
A secure savings product that pays interest based on current market rates for up to 30 years (electronic bonds are sold at face value from TreasuryDirect; paper bonds are sold at 1/2 face value)

Payroll Savings Plan offsitelink
A safe and easy way to purchase Treasury securities on a regular basis and makes saving money effortless.


 

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