16-year continuously compounded instantaneous forward rate on Treasuries (per cent) - United States - Fed - Daily
This series is part of the dataset: US Treasury zero-coupon and forward rates (Federal Reserve)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In the United States, the 16-year continuously compounded instantaneous forward rate on Treasuries was 5.96 per cent on 18 September 2026, compared to 5.92 on 17 September.
Sample. There are 11,285 observations overall in the daily time series presented in the graph above. The series covers the time range extending from July 1981 to September 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of some summary statistics we calculated on the entire sample: the forward rate had a mean of 6.40 per cent; it registered a minimum of 1.39 on 9 March 2020; it reached a maximum of 16.87 on 9 November 1981.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-16 | 5.98170 |
| 2026-09-17 | 5.91790 |
| 2026-09-18 | 5.95540 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | 16-year continuously compounded instantaneous forward rate on Treasuries |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Interest rate |
| Data type | Instantaneous forward rate |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Rescaling | None |
| Measure type | Interpolated level |
| 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 |
| Other information | Yield curve fitted with Svensson method |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LD1 |
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