The Fiscal Service Announces Activity for Securities in the STRIPS Program for January 2007

FOR RELEASE AT 3:00 PM

February 6, 2007

The Bureau of the Fiscal Service announced activity during the month of January 2007 for securities within the Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal of Securities program (STRIPS).

Dollar Amounts In Thousands

Principal Outstanding (Eligible Securities)	$3,370,340,232
Held in Unstripped Form	$3,172,506,179
Held in Stripped Form	$197,834,053
Reconstituted in January	$41,381,875

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/.