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Buying savings bonds. We currently sell 2 types of savings bond: Series EE and Series I. You can buy them for yourself, your child, or as a gift for someone else. This page focuses on buying for yourself or a child whose account is linked to yours. If you are planning to give a savings bond as a gift, also see our page on Giving savings bonds ...
TreasuryDirect.gov is the one and only place to electronically buy and redeem U.S. Savings Bonds. We also offer electronic sales and auctions of other U.S.-backed investments to the general public, financial professionals, and state and local governments.
TreasuryDirect is our online system where you can buy and manage: Savings bonds. Treasury bills. Treasury notes. Treasury bonds (different from savings bonds) Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS) Floating Rate Notes. The system is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Earn a fixed rate of interest. Current Rate: 2.60%. For EE bonds issued November 1, 2024 to April 30, 2025. Electronic only – keep them safe in your TreasuryDirect account. Buy for any amount from $25 up to $10,000. Maximum purchase each calendar year: $10,000. Can cash in after 1 year.
Treasury Bonds. We sell Treasury Bonds for a term of either 20 or 30 years. Bonds pay a fixed rate of interest every six months until they mature. You can hold a bond until it matures or sell it before it matures. Treasury Bonds are not the same as U.S. savings bonds.
You can open a secure online account with the U.S. Treasury through TreasuryDirect and manage your purchases, redemptions, and savings portfolio with no paperwork or paper bonds. We’re as close as your computer. Paper (Series I) You can buy paper Series I bonds by designating your tax refund as payment. What do I get? U.S. SAVINGS BONDS
The only way to get a paper savings bond is to use your IRS tax refund. With your tax refund, you can buy savings bonds for anyone (yourself, your child, or as a gift to anyone). Starting January 1, 2025, this option will be discontinued. See our FAQ.
Paper EE or I savings bonds. Note: Do not buy savings bonds from someone else or in an online auction site. You cannot cash them. You can only cash bonds that you own or co-own unless you have legal evidence or other documentation that we accept to show you are entitled to cash the bond.
EE bonds. Series EE savings bonds are a low-risk way to save money. They earn interest regularly for 30 years (or until you cash them if you do that before 30 years). For EE bonds you buy now, we guarantee that the bond will double in value in 20 years, even if we have to add money at 20 years to make that happen.
You can buy electronic I bonds in your TreasuryDirect account. You can buy paper I bonds with your IRS tax refund until January 1, 2025. See our FAQ. How does an I bond earn interest? I savings bonds earn interest monthly. Interest is compounded semiannually, meaning that every 6 months we apply the bond’s interest rate to a new principal ...