10-year Treasury yield, 1962 to 2026
10-year Treasury yield stood at 4.55% in 2026, up 8bp on the previous period.
The latest reading is 4.47 percent, for June 2026, against 4.48 percent in May 2026. The series is monthly (FRED series DGS10) and runs from January 1962.
How it is measured
The yield is the annualized return the market demands to lend to the US government for ten years. It is read off the Treasury's daily par yield curve (the H.15 release) and is the benchmark price of long-term money: mortgages, corporate bonds, and equity valuations are all priced off it. The data reaches us through FRED, the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis's data service, and originates with the US Treasury's daily par yield curve by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
What the curve shows
The window runs from 0.62 percent (July 2020) to 15.32 percent (September 1981). Every basis point here ripples outward: a mortgage rate is roughly this yield plus a spread, and a stock's future earnings are discounted against it.
Why do bond prices fall when yields rise?
What moves this rate?
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