16-year continuously compounded zero-coupon yield 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 zero-coupon yield on Treasuries was 5.31 per cent on 18 September 2026, compared to 5.25 on 17 September 2026.
Sample. There are 11,285 data points in the daily time series shown in the figure above. The period covered by the series stretches from July 1981 to September 2026.
History. Here's a peek at a few summary statistics computed on the entire sample: the yield recorded a minimum of 0.82 per cent on 9 March 2020; it peaked at 15.11 on 26 October 1981; it had a mean value of 5.83.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-16 | 5.33190 |
| 2026-09-17 | 5.25160 |
| 2026-09-18 | 5.31220 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | 16-year continuously compounded zero-coupon yield on Treasuries |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Interest rate |
| Data type | Zero-coupon yield |
| 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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