Code of Federal Regulations (alpha)

CFR /  Title 31  /  Part 359  /  Sec. 359.16 When does interest accrue on Series I savings bonds?

(a) Interest, if any, accrues on the first day of each month; that is, we add the interest earned on a bond during any given month to its value at the beginning of the following month.

(b) The accrued interest compounds semiannually.