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	Jamaica Gleaner - ABCs of Treasury bills - Sunday \| January 13, 2002
		Treasury bills are a way for average folk to benefit from this fact.
		A Treasury bill, according to the Collins Dictionary of Economics, is a financial security issued by a country's central bank (which in our case is the Bank of Jamaica) as a means for the Government to borrow money for short periods of time.
		Treasury bills, also called T-bills, are meant for short-term investing.
	www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20020113/business/business1.html (1261 words)

	Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		U.S. Treasury bills, notes, and bonds (collectively known as "Treasuries") are issued by the Treasury Department and represent direct obligations of the U.S. government.
		Treasury notes are currently issued in 2-, 3-, 5-, and 10-year maturities on a regular schedule.
		Treasury bonds are generally auctioned during the second week of those months and issued on the 15th day of the month.
	www.bondtrac.com /XT/information/education/TreasuryBillsNotesBonds.xml (1499 words)

	Instruments of the Money Market: Chapter 7 - Treasury Bills - Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
		Treasury bills are widely accepted as collateral for selling short various financial securities and can be used instead of cash to satisfy initial margin requirements against futures market positions.
		And with a 5 percent Treasury bill rate, the interest rate differential at which an investor is indifferent between CDs and bills rises from 32 basis points when the investor's tax rate is 6 percent to 43 basis points when his tax rate is 8 percent.
		According to Treasury Department estimates, at the end of 1992 foreigners held $126 billion of Treasury bills (including some nonmarketable certificates of indebtedness), $105 billion of which was held by foreign official institutions.
	www.richmondfed.org /publications/economic_research/instruments_of_the_money_market/ch07.cfm (5591 words)

	Treasury bills-RateEmpire.com
		Treasury bills otherwise known as T-bills mature in less than or equal to one year.
		Treasury bills are considered by most investors to be the most risk free investment.
		Treasury Bills are commonly seen to be issued with maturity dates of 91 days or ~3 months, and 182 days or ~6 months.
	www.rateempire.com /treasury/treasury_bill.html (200 words)

	Banks to Bonds
		Treasury bills are issued at a discount from their face value.
		Treasury Bills are quoted and traded on a discount yield that is converted to a bond equivalent yield.
		Treasury bills are one of the most liquid securities in the market.
	www.window.state.tx.us /tspr/inv/treasury.html (2815 words)

	TheStreet.com: How Does the Fed Funds Rate Affect Treasury Bills?
		Treasury bills are the shortest-term Treasury issues -- they come in three-month, six-month and one-year varieties, although the so-called yearbill is slated for elimination.
		Treasury bills are more predictably influenced by the fed funds rate than notes and bonds because Treasury bills and the fed funds rate are competing investments in the money market.
		Treasury bill yields are in the neighborhood of 6.35%, while note and bond yields are under 6%.
	www.thestreet.com /funds/bondforum/1156889.html (952 words)

	Largest source of free information about Treasury Securities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Treasury bills or T-Bills are issued in terms of up to one year.
		Treasury bills are sold at a discount from their face value and don't pay interest before they mature.
		Treasury bonds come with a variety of maturity periods, all of which are longer than 10 years.
	www.gdn-invest.com /Treasury-Bills.html (810 words)

	Treasury Bonds - InvestorGuide University
		Treasury bonds are issued by the government of the United States in order to pay for government projects.
		Treasury bonds issued today are not callable, so they will continue to accrue interest until the maturity date.
		The bills are sold at auction where the price of sale is determined by how much the bill is worth on the date of issue, which depends mainly on interest rates.
	www.investorguide.com /igu-article-576-bonds-treasury-bonds.html (728 words)

	Bureau of the Treasury Website (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The Philippine Government issues two kinds of government securities (GS): Treasury Bills and Treasury Bonds, so-called because it is the Bureau of the Treasury which originates their sale to the investing public through a network of licensed dealers.
		Treasury Bills are quoted either by their yield rate, which is the discount, or by their price based on 100 points per unit.
		Treasury Bills are conventionally quoted in terms of the discount rate, while Treasury Bonds are quoted in terms of the coupon rate or the price.
	www.treasury.gov.ph /govsec/aboutsec.html (1239 words)

	Family finances: Record returns, safety seen in 3-month Treasury bills (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		With short-term interest rates on the rise, interest on three-month Treasury bills have been at their highest levels in four years.
		By contrast, Treasury bills are a direct obligation of the U.S. government.
		Treasury bill auctions are typically held on Mondays.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/05231/556274.stm (703 words)

	U.S. Treasury Securities Product Overview
		Since Treasury securities are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government, they are generally considered to be free of credit risk and typically carry lower yields than other securities.
		However, the inflation adjustment will not be payable by the Treasury until maturity, when the securities will be redeemed at the greater of their inflation-adjusted principal amount or the principal amount of the securities on the date of original issuance.
		While Treasury securities are never issued as zero coupon bonds, the remaining interest payments on all securities can be "stripped" from the principal to make up multiple zero coupon bonds with six month maturities.
	personal.fidelity.com /products/fixedincome/potreasuries.shtml (1205 words)

	Treasury Bills as supplied by EagleTraders.com
		Treasury bills (T-bills) are debt obligations of the U.S. Government that mature in one year or less.
		All bills are sold at discount so that the return to the investor is the difference between the purchase price of the bill and its face or par value.
		Treasury bills are held by a wide variety of investors, including individuals, businesses, commercial banks, money market mutual funds, the Federal Reserve System, and foreigners.
	www.eagletraders.com /advice/securities/treasury_bills.htm (1004 words)

	Central Bank of Lesotho - History of Treasury Bills (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The sale of the treasury bills is divided into two markets, namely, the competitive market and the non-competitive market.
		When trading in treasury bills started in April 1992, their nominal value and still is M154.1 million.
		As the 91-days treasury bill market is expected to be the most active and most representative of the general liquidity conditions in the economy, the Central Bank will intervene in this market in order to effect its monetary policy decisions.
	www.centralbank.org.ls /bills/history.htm (1417 words)

	CCH Financial Planning Toolkit \| Treasury Bonds, Bills and Notes
		Treasury bonds are sold by the U.S. government at auction and have a set interest rate for a specific time period that's for a minimum of ten years.
		Treasury notes are sold by the U.S. government at auction and have a set interest rate for a specific time period that ranges from two to ten years.
		Also, one form of treasuries is U.S. savings bonds, which are similar to zero coupon bonds in that the interest on these bonds is paid when the bond matures and the bond is turned in (redeemed).
	www.finance.cch.com /text/c20s15d140.asp (534 words)

	Fed Point 41: Treasury Auctions - Fedpoints - Federal Reserve Bank of New York
		A typical announcement might read, "The Treasury will auction $11,000 million of 91-day bills to refund $9,000 million of maturing securities and to raise about $2,000 million new cash." The announcement is carried by most major newspapers, the financial press, and some television stations.
		To ensure that the secondary market for Treasury securities remains competitive, bidders are restricted to receiving no more than 35 percent of the total amount of securities available to the public.
		Treasury sells its securities to the public through single - price auctions, where both successful competitive bidders and noncompetitive bidders buy securities at a price that equals the highest accepted yield (coupons securities such as notes) or the highest accepted discount rate (bills).
	www.ny.frb.org /aboutthefed/fedpoint/fed41.html (1283 words)

	United States Treasury Securities
		Treasury securities can be purchased from a bank, broker or securities dealer or they can be acquired directly from the government by opening a Treasury Direct account.
		Treasury securities are sold through an auction process with investors submitting bids on the yield they are willing to accept.
		Securities held in a Treasury Direct account are paid at maturity by direct deposit into the investor's bank account, unless an election has been made to reinvest the proceeds into new securities.
	www.fmmarinette.com /treasury.htm (803 words)

	David A. Pellegrino, Colorado Mortgage Consultant -- One-Year Treasury Bills
		Treasury bills are issued by the U.S. government with maturities of 1, 3 and 6 months (4-week, 13-week, 26-week bills or 28-day, 91-day, 182-day bills) in order to pay for the national debt and other expenses.
		The 3- and 6-month Treasury bills are auctioned every Monday and the resulting figures are released to the public the next day.
		Yields on Treasury securities at "constant maturity" are interpolated by the U.S. Treasury from the daily yield curve, which is based on the closing market bid yields on actively traded Treasury securities in the over-the-counter market.
	www.davidpellegrino.com /tbills.htm (392 words)

	#1 Loans USA-U.S. Treasury Securities
		Treasury bills and notes can be purchased in amounts of $1,000 or more.
		The Treasury bills, notes and bonds are transferable and can be bought or sold on the securities market.
		Bills and notes are sold by competitive and noncompetitive bidding through more than 150 auctions during the year.
	www.1loansusa.com /investments/treasurysecurities.html (464 words)

	Individual - Treasury Bills (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Treasury bills, or T-bills, are sold in terms ranging from a few days to 26 weeks.
		Treasury bills are issued for terms of 4, 13, and 26 weeks.
		Another type of Treasury bill, the cash management bill, is issued in variable terms, usually of only a matter of days.
	www.treasurydirect.gov /indiv/products/prod_tbills_glance.htm (316 words)

	Personal Finance: Money 101: Glossary
		Special bills that the Treasury occasionally issues that mature on corporate quarterly income tax dates and can be used at face value by corporations to pay their tax liabilities.
		Difference between US Treasury bill rate and Eurodollar rate; used by some traders as a measure of investor/trader anxiety or credit quality.
		A curve derived from theoretical considerations as applied to the yields of actually traded Treasury debt securities, because there are no zero-coupon Treasury debt issues with a maturity greater than one year.
	money.cnn.com /services/glossary/t.html (9708 words)

	How Treasury bills, notes and bonds work
		Treasury notes have maturities up to 10 years, while Treasury bonds have a final maturity of more than 10, but less than 30, years.
		That means that a bill is bought at a discount to its stated or face value.
		Buying directly from the U.S. Treasury is commission-free, but the Treasury does charge a fee of $34 to sell a security prior to maturity.
	www.bankrate.com /brm/news/DrDon/20030306a1.asp (317 words)

	Estimating Yields on Treasury Securities - Fedpoints - Federal Reserve Bank of New York
		Treasury bills (T-bills), U.S. debt instruments with maturities of one year or less, play a central role in our nation's financial system.
		Treasury notes and bonds, fully-backed U.S. debt instruments with maturities of more than one year, pay the investor a fixed annual rate of return or coupon (paid semi-annually).
		Formulas used by Treasury to calculate the investment yield on notes and bonds are complicated and vary, depending on the maturity of the issue.
	www.ny.frb.org /aboutthefed/fedpoint/fed28.html (807 words)

	Six-month Treasury bills highest in two weeks - The Boston Globe
		WASHINGTON -- Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills were mixed in yesterday's auction with three-month bills unchanged while six-month bills rose to the highest level in two weeks.
		Another $17 billion in six-month bills was auctioned at a discount rate of 4.920 percent, up from 4.855 percent last week.
		Separately, the Federal Reserve said the average yield for one-year Treasury bills, a popular index for making changes in adjustable rate mortgages, fell to 4.92 percent from 4.96 the previous week.
	www.boston.com /business/globe/articles/2007/03/13/six_month_treasury_bills_highest_in_two_weeks (191 words)

	Rates on Treasury bills fall - Boston.com
		Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills fell in Monday's auction with three-month bills dropping to the lowest levels since last December.
		The Treasury Department auctioned $17 billion in three-month bills at a discount rate of 4.910 percent, down from 4.925 percent last week.
		Separately, the Federal Reserve said Monday that the average yield for one-year Treasury bills, a popular index for making changes in adjustable rate mortgages, edged down to 4.90 percent last week from 4.93 percent the previous week.
	www.boston.com /business/articles/2007/04/02/rates_on_treasury_bills_fall (198 words)

	U.S. Treasury - Treasury International Capital System - Securities Holdings & Transactions
		Note: foreign holdings of Treasury bills & certificates are shown in column 9 of the monthly Banking Liabilities to Foreigners data.
		Treasury bills and certificates held by foreigners are included in the monthly Banking Liabilities to Foreigners data (column 9).
		Treasury Bulletin: "Capital Movements" tables present quarterly TIC data.
	www.treasury.gov /tic/ticsec2.html (503 words)

	CBOE - Treasury Option Strategies
		Currently, the investor has $20,000 in U.S. Treasury bills and if his projection is correct his Treasury bills will go down in value.
		An investor has $20,000 in U.S. Treasury bills and is concerned that short-term rates will rise therefore causing a decline in the value of his bills.
		If the investor is right and 10-year Treasury yields do decline to 5.75%, a settlement value for TNX at 57.50, the TNX 62.50 put option would be exercised.
	www.cboe.com /Strategies/IRS-SellTBillsBuyTNXPuts.aspx (800 words)

	Bank of Tanzania: Revised Treasury Bill Auction Prospectus
		As such, Treasury Bills can be used for financing temporary revenue shortfalls in the Government's budget.
		Treasury Bill Auctions are primarily intended to mop up liquidity in the economy, and thereby, reduce the inflationary pressure, promote the development of a money market, and to provide finance for temporary shortfalls in government revenue.
		The introduction of the Auction market for Treasury Bills is an integral element in the country's process of liberalising the economy.
	www.bot-tz.org /FinancialMarkets/TBills/TBProspectus.htm (1280 words)

	Treasury Bills and Bonds » My Money Blog - Personal Finance and Investing Blog
		Treasury Bills are backed by the full faith of the government, and also come in 3-month and 6-month terms.
		For those subject to state income taxes, Treasury Bills continue to be a good alternative to online banks since their interest is exempt from state and local income taxes.
		Although I messed up my Treasury Bill Ladder by switching to 6-month T-Bills, they continue to be a pretty good cash investment alternative for those people in states with high income taxes, as they are exempt from such taxes.
	www.mymoneyblog.com /archives/category/treasury-bills-and-bonds (4277 words)

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