18-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 18-year continuously compounded instantaneous forward rate on Treasuries stood at 5.89 per cent on 18 September 2026, versus 5.87 on 17 September.
Sample. This daily series has 11,285 observations. The series covers the time range extending from July 1981 to September 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of a few summary statistics calculated on the full sample: the forward rate attained a maximum of 17.67 per cent on 9 November 1981; it registered a minimum of 1.53 on 9 March 2020; it had an average value of 6.35.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-16 | 5.91850 |
| 2026-09-17 | 5.86750 |
| 2026-09-18 | 5.89490 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | 18-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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