By TheStreet Staff What Are Treasury Notes?Issuingbonds is one way for a corporation or federal government to raise money. Bonds are known as fixed-income securities because they pay the bondholder a fixed sum at a regular interval. The United States Treasury issues several categories of bonds to investors, with timeframes ranging from just a few months to 30 years long. In return for their investment, the Treasury pays the investor back the principal, or face value, of the bond along with interest, known as the yield. Treasury notes are intermediate-term bonds. Shorter-maturity bonds, such as…