Par yield curve, constant maturity: 30-year
What has the 30-year Treasury yield been over time?
On , Treasury's 30-year par yield was 5.30%, 1 basis point lower than the day before and 73 basis points higher than a year earlier.
The 30-year par yield on the last business day of each month
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Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to .
The 30-year par yield each business day
Each point is one month-end, or one business day under "Latest days"; pointing at the chart shows its date and yield.
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Inspect and compare dates
The latest day beside the day before and the month-ends nearest a year, five and ten years earlier.
| Day | Latest | The day before | A year earlier | Five years earlier | Ten years earlier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | |||||
| Par yield | 5.30% | 5.31% | 4.73% | 2.08% | 2.32% |
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Observed .
Right now
The 30-year par yield was 5.30% on , 73 basis points higher than a year earlier.
The 30-year par yield ended September 2026 at 5.64%, its highest month-end since June 2001.
ChangeOurs
| Period | Then | Change |
|---|---|---|
| One month | 5.25%, the yield at the end of | +0.39 percentage points |
| Three months | 4.91%, the yield at the end of | +0.73 percentage points |
| Twelve months | 4.73%, the yield at the end of | +0.91 percentage points |
| Five years | 2.08%, the yield at the end of | +3.56 percentage points |
| Ten years | 2.32%, the yield at the end of | +3.32 percentage points |
In historyOurs
The 30-year par yield of 5.64% at the end of was higher than in 269 of the 393 other month-ends since , the same in 0 and lower in 124.
Highest since : 9.00% at the end of . Lowest since : 1.20% at the end of .
AverageOurs
Average since : 4.723% (ours, a plain mean of the 394 month-ends).
Its 52-week rangeOurs, from Treasury's curve
Its five-year rangeMonth-ends, ours
Over the last five years of month-ends it ran from 1.78% on to 5.64% on ; the reading of 5.30% is 91.2% of the way from the low to the high.
Low 1.78% Midpoint 3.710% High 5.64%
The 30-year par yield, change from one month-end to the next, by year
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Whole year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | +3 | −23 | +24 | +10 | +1 | −8 | +36 | −2 | +39 | – | – | – | +80 |
| 2025 | +5 | −32 | +8 | +7 | +26 | −14 | +11 | +3 | −19 | −6 | 0 | +17 | +6 |
| 2024 | +19 | +16 | −4 | +45 | −14 | −14 | −16 | −15 | −6 | +33 | −11 | +42 | +75 |
| 2023 | −32 | +28 | −26 | 0 | +18 | 0 | +17 | +18 | +53 | +31 | −50 | −51 | +6 |
| 2022 | +21 | +6 | +27 | +52 | +11 | +7 | −14 | +27 | +52 | +43 | −42 | +17 | +207 |
| 2021 | +22 | +30 | +24 | −11 | −4 | −20 | −17 | +3 | +16 | −15 | −15 | +12 | +25 |
| 2020 | −40 | −34 | −30 | −7 | +13 | 0 | −21 | +29 | −3 | +19 | −7 | +7 | −74 |
| 2019 | −3 | +10 | −28 | +12 | −35 | −6 | +1 | −57 | +16 | +5 | +4 | +18 | −63 |
| 2018 | +21 | +18 | −16 | +14 | −11 | −2 | +10 | −6 | +17 | +20 | −9 | −28 | +28 |
| 2017 | −1 | −8 | +5 | −6 | −9 | −3 | +5 | −16 | +13 | +2 | −5 | −9 | −32 |
| 2016 | −26 | −14 | 0 | +5 | −2 | −34 | −12 | +5 | +9 | +26 | +44 | +4 | +5 |
| 2015 | −50 | +35 | −6 | +21 | +13 | +23 | −19 | +3 | −8 | +6 | +5 | +3 | +26 |
| 2014 | −35 | −2 | −3 | −9 | −14 | +1 | −2 | −23 | +12 | −14 | −18 | −14 | −121 |
| 2013 | +22 | −7 | 0 | −22 | +42 | +22 | +12 | +6 | −1 | −6 | +19 | +14 | +101 |
| 2012 | +5 | +14 | +27 | −23 | −45 | +9 | −20 | +12 | +14 | +3 | −4 | +14 | +6 |
| Average | −4.6 | +2.5 | +0.1 | +5.9 | −0.7 | −2.6 | −1.9 | −0.9 | +13.6 | +10.5 | −6.4 | +3.3 | – |
Each chip is one month. The mark in its middle is zero: a fill to the right of it is a rise and a fill to the left a fall. A longer, brighter fill is a larger change, in five steps up to 35 and over; the last column has a scale of its own, up to 121 and over. Every chip prints its figure and sign. A year still running is counted through its last month: .
Observed .
Understanding the 30-year par yield
Where it stands today
The 30-year par yield was 5.30% on .
What does this chart measure?
The 30-year par yield is the coupon rate at which a new 30-year Treasury security would sell at par, from the curve Treasury fits each business day to closing bid prices.
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Month-ends are the last business day of each finished month Treasury published a value for this term; the running month shows in the latest days. The 52-week range and the changes in basis points are computed by 500metrics.
The numbers behind the chart
What was the yield at each month-end?394 month-ends since 31 Jan 1990, newest first
| Month-end | Par yield |
|---|---|
| 5.64% | |
| 5.25% | |
| 5.27% | |
| 4.91% | |
| 4.99% | |
| 4.98% | |
| 4.88% | |
| 4.64% | |
| 4.87% | |
| 4.84% | |
| 4.67% | |
| 4.67% | |
| 4.73% | |
| 4.92% | |
| 4.89% | |
| 4.78% | |
| 4.92% | |
| 4.66% | |
| 4.59% | |
| 4.51% | |
| 4.83% | |
| 4.78% | |
| 4.36% | |
| 4.47% |
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| Month-end | Par yield |
|---|---|
| 4.14% | |
| 4.20% | |
| 4.35% | |
| 4.51% | |
| 4.65% | |
| 4.79% | |
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What was the yield on each of the last 30 business days?Each business day, newest first
| Date | Par yield |
|---|---|
| 5.30% | |
| 5.31% | |
| 5.33% | |
| 5.29% | |
| 5.42% | |
| 5.42% | |
| 5.48% | |
| 5.43% | |
| 5.43% | |
| 5.52% |
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| Date | Par yield |
|---|---|
| 5.56% | |
| 5.60% | |
| 5.60% | |
| 5.67% | |
| 5.64% | |
| 5.66% | |
| 5.63% | |
| 5.61% | |
| 5.64% | |
| 5.59% | |
| 5.56% | |
| 5.49% | |
| 5.47% | |
| 5.40% | |
| 5.29% | |
| 5.29% | |
| 5.34% | |
| 5.29% | |
| 5.35% | |
| 5.36% |
What do these figures leave out, and how are they cited?Limits, dates and how to cite
What this number cannot tell you
- A fitted curve value, not the yield of one security: an outstanding note or bond of about this term trades at its own yield.
- Month-end values hide moves inside the month; the latest days are shown day by day.
Observed .
How to cite this
U.S. Treasury, Daily Treasury Par Yield Curve Rates, 30-year term, through 27 October 2026. Compiled by 500metrics, "What has the 30-year Treasury yield been over time?", https://500metrics.com/treasury/yield-curve/30-year.
Can the data be downloaded?treasury-yield-curve-30-year.csv
Download the full history as CSV: 394 rows, to , 6,314 bytes.
Our text and compilation: CC BY 4.0.
Recession dates from the National Bureau of Economic Research.
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