Sale of HH U.S. Saving Bonds ends in August

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: February 19, 2004| Author: AVRUM D. LANK | Copyright information

Sale of HH U.S. Saving Bonds ends in August

By AVRUM D. LANK alank@journalsentinel.com, Journal Sentinel

Thursday, February 19, 2004

The sale of HH U.S. Savings Bonds will end Aug. 31, the Treasury Department announced Wednesday.

The action had been expected. Last May the government said it intended to stop selling HHs sometime this year because the administrative costs of the program were too high and sales of the bonds had fallen off.

In making the announce...

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