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Issue date. Bond series. Denomination. Paper savings bonds. The U.S. Treasury stopped issuing most paper savings bonds in 2012 (with the exception of taxpayers who use some of their tax refund to ...
Date of purchase. Time to maturity. January – October 1980. 11 years. November 1980 – April 1981. 9 years. May 1981 – October 1982. 8 years. November 1982 – October 1986
Using the U.S. Treasury’s Savings Bond Calculator. ... For Series EE bonds, for example, the U.S. Treasury guarantees that their value will at least double by the time they reach their 20-year ...
Series EE bonds and Series I bonds have a life of 30 years and cease accruing interest after maturity, but they can be redeemed any time after 12 months from purchase. Treasury has the authority to waive the 12-month holding period for bondholders residing in areas of natural disaster. [ 17 ]
Savings bonds are currently offered in two forms, Series EE and Series I bonds. Series EE bonds pay a fixed rate but are guaranteed to pay at least double the purchase price when they reach initial maturity at 20 years; if the compounded interest has not resulted in a doubling of the initial purchase amount, the Treasury makes a one-time ...
Savings bond purchasers tend to purchase fewer bonds when interest rates are lower, and interest rates had been declining over the past several years. [1] For example, in May 2015, new Series EE bonds earned 0.3 percent interest, and new Series I bonds earned zero percent interest at that time. [43]
There are currently two types of U.S. savings bonds: Series EE and Series I. Both types of bonds are sold at face value — in amounts between $25 and $1000 — and you can purchase up to $10,000 ...
Date through which interest is being accrued. You could word this as the "to" date, with Date1 as the "from" date. For a bond trade, it is the settlement date of the trade. Date3 (Y3.M3.D3) Is the next coupon payment date, usually it is close to Date2. This would be the maturity date if there are no more interim payments to be made.