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US TSYS: The US Department of the Treasury's Bureau of the Fiscal Service today
announced "the suspension of sales of State and Local Government Series (SLGS)
nonmarketable Treasury securities, effective 12:00 noon Eastern Standard Time
(EST), Dec.  8, 2017, until further notice. This suspension is necessary due to
the statutory debt ceiling and will assist Treasury's management of the debt
subject to the limit."
- It said the "suspension applies to demand deposit and time deposit securities.
Subscriptions for SLGS received by the Fiscal Service prior to 12:00 noon, on
Dec. 8, 2017, will be issued on the date requested. New subscriptions for SLGS
will not be accepted during the suspension." (For more info, see
TreasuryDirect.gov website link on  the effect of the debt ceiling on SLGS,
including how it impacts holders of outstanding demand deposit securities,
available at
http://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/resources/faq/faq_slgs.htm#Effect.)

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