Federal funds effective rate (percentage points) - United States - FED Board - Daily
This series is part of the dataset: US money market rates (FED Board)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In US money markets, the effective interest rate on Federal funds stood at 4.09 percent on 23 September 2025, unchanged with respect to 22 September 2025.
Sample. In the daily series displayed in the figure, there are 17,915 records in total. The time period covered by the series extends from July 1954 to September 2025.
History. Here are a few summary statistics we computed on the whole sample: the interest rate reached its lowest level of 0.04 percent on 30 December 2011; it hit a peak of 22.36 on 22 July 1981; it was equal on average to 4.61.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2025-09-19 | 4.08 |
| 2025-09-22 | 4.09 |
| 2025-09-23 | 4.09 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Federal funds effective rate |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Interest rate |
| Data type | Interest rate |
| Deflation method | Nominal |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Rescaling | None |
| Frequency | Daily |
| Unit | Percentage points |
| Source | Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System |
| Source type | Central bank |
| Data licence | Licence to copy and distribute without permission |
| Measure type | Level |
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Fed funds
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Federal funds effective rate (percentage points) - United States - FED Board - Daily | 17915 | 1954-07-01 | 2025-09-23 |
Commercial paper
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30-Day AA Nonfinancial Commercial Paper Interest Rate (percentage points) - United States - FED Board - Daily | 6771 | 1997-01-02 | 2025-09-23 |
| 60-Day AA Nonfinancial Commercial Paper Interest Rate (percentage points) - United States - FED Board - Daily | 6044 | 1997-01-02 | 2025-09-23 |
| 90-Day AA Nonfinancial Commercial Paper Interest Rate (percentage points) - United States - FED Board - Daily | 5213 | 1997-01-02 | 2025-09-18 |
| 30-Day AA Financial Commercial Paper Interest Rate (percentage points) - United States - FED Board - Daily | 5998 | 1997-01-02 | 2025-09-19 |
| 60-Day AA Financial Commercial Paper Interest Rate (percentage points) - United States - FED Board - Daily | 5731 | 1997-01-02 | 2025-09-23 |
| 90-Day AA Financial Commercial Paper Interest Rate (percentage points) - United States - FED Board - Daily | 6619 | 1997-01-02 | 2025-09-22 |
Prime bank rate
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prime rate charged by banks on short-term loans to business (percentage points) - United States - FED Board - Weekly | 17874 | 1955-08-04 | 2025-09-23 |
Treasury bills
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4-week Treasury bill secondary market rate (percentage points) - United States - FED Board - Daily | 6039 | 2001-07-31 | 2025-09-23 |
| 3-month Treasury bill secondary market rate (percentage points) - United States - FED Board - Daily | 17923 | 1954-01-04 | 2025-09-23 |
| 6-month Treasury bill secondary market rate (percentage points) - United States - FED Board - Daily | 16683 | 1958-12-09 | 2025-09-23 |
| 1-year Treasury bill secondary market rate (percentage points) - United States - FED Board - Daily | 14847 | 1959-07-15 | 2025-09-23 |