US Savings Bonds/Savings Bond interest rates

All about Savings Bond rate periods

Tuesday, January 25th, 2005
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It's impossible to understand Savings Bond interest rates until you understand how rate periods work.

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Savings Bond rate vs yield

Tuesday, March 29th, 2005
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I don't understand why the Savings Bond Calculator and Savings Bond Wizard show the rate and yield of my Savings Bonds as different. How they are the rate and yield computed?

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Series EE fixed interest rates

Monday, May 16th, 2005
Categorized as: Series EE US Savings BondsSavings Bond interest rates
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Although Series EE US Savings Bonds have a reputation of being an easily understood investment, frequent changes in the rules for how how Series EE interest rates are calculated complicate them.

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What happened to my guaranteed interest rate of 6%?

Monday, November 7th, 2005
Categorized as: Series EE US Savings BondsSavings Bond interest rates
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Your Savings Bond Calculator shows that an EE bond issued in January 1993 is earning 4%. I understood that Savings Bonds issued through March 1993 had a guaranteed minimum of 6%. Would you clarify?

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Savings Bond interest rate calculations

Monday, November 28th, 2005
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A detailed explanation of how interest is calculated for Series EE Savings Bonds

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Confounding compounding calculations

Thursday, December 8th, 2005
Categorized as: Savings Bond interest ratesCurrent value of a US Savings Bond
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How is the interest on Savings Bonds compounded? I've tried to apply the interest rate to the values in TreasuryDirect, but I never get the same answer the Treasury does.

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How Series I Savings Bond interest rates work

Thursday, December 15th, 2005
Categorized as: Series I US Savings BondsSavings Bond interest rates
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Most Series I Savings Bond investors have no idea that every I bond's rate not only changes every six months, but can swing widely between an eye-poppingly high rate and zero. Here's how this works.

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How to collect HH-like interest payments from series EE or I savings bonds

Friday, January 27th, 2006
Categorized as: Treasury DirectSeries HH or H US Savings BondsSavings Bond interest rates
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I have EE bonds from 1992 and 1993. I'm thinking about converting them into HH bonds. Do they still have those? I'd like to collect the interest from the bonds.

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How Series EE Savings Bond interest rates work

Thursday, March 9th, 2006
Categorized as: Series EE US Savings BondsSavings Bond interest rates
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Find out what interest rate your Series EE Saving Bonds are earning now and the rules that will determine your rates in the future.

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How Series H and Series HH Savings Bond interest rates work

Friday, March 10th, 2006
Categorized as: Series HH or H US Savings BondsSavings Bond interest rates
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Learn how interest rates are set for Series H and Series HH Savings Bonds.

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Are Series E Savings Bonds still earning interest?

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006
Categorized as: Series E US Savings BondsStinker bondsSavings Bond interest rates
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My parents have a number of Series E bonds. Can you tell me when they stop earning interest?

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Savings Bonds gadget for Google home page

Tuesday, June 6th, 2006
Categorized as: Savings Bond interest ratesCurrent value of a US Savings Bond
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All about our new Savings Bond Gadget for Google Home Page.

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What's the effect of state income taxes?

Wednesday, December 20th, 2006
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If a Savings Bond is earning 3.60% and isn't subject to state income tax, what is the equivalent rate for an investment that is subject to state income tax?

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I bond fixed rate drops a bit, EE bond rate drops more

Thursday, November 1st, 2007
Categorized as: Savings Bond interest ratesYesterday's News (old post archive)
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Treasury announces interest rates for new Savings Bonds issued from today through the end of April 2008.

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Current US Savings Bond interest rates

Thursday, November 1st, 2007
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Summary of the interest rates US Savings Bonds are paying now.

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New I Bond fixed rate 0.00% - EE 1.40%

Thursday, May 1st, 2008
Categorized as: Savings Bond interest ratesSavings Bond news
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Treasury mocks Savings Bond investors.

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