View values of the average interest rate at which Treasury bills with a 3-month maturity are sold on the secondary market.

In December 2024, the yield on a 10-year U.S. Treasury note was **** percent, forecasted to decrease to reach **** percent by August 2025. Treasury securities are debt instruments used by the government to finance the national debt. Who owns treasury notes? Because the U.S. treasury notes are generally assumed to be a risk-free investment, they are often used by large financial institutions as collateral. Because of this, billions of dollars in treasury securities are traded daily. Other countries also hold U.S. treasury securities, as do U.S. households. Investors and institutions accept the relatively low interest rate because the U.S. Treasury guarantees the investment. Looking into the future Because these notes are so commonly traded, their interest rate also serves as a signal about the market’s expectations of future growth. When markets expect the economy to grow, forecasts for treasury notes will reflect that in a higher interest rate. In fact, one harbinger of recession is an inverted yield curve, when the return on 3-month treasury bills is higher than the ten-year rate. While this does not always lead to a recession, it certainly signals pessimism from financial markets.

The average rates for U.S. government three-month Treasury bills on the secondary marekt fluctuated significantly from 1970 to 2023 while decreasing overall. In 2023, the average rate for a three-month U.S. Treasury bill was **** percent.

Graph and download economic data for Market Yield on U.S. Treasury Securities at 3-Month Constant Maturity, Quoted on an Investment Basis (DGS3MO) from 1981-09-01 to 2025-07-10 about bills, 3-month, maturity, Treasury, interest rate, interest, rate, and USA.

These rates are the daily secondary market quotation on the most recently auctioned Treasury Bills for each maturity tranche (4-week, 13-week, 26-week, and 52-week) that Treasury currently issues new Bills. Market quotations are obtained at approximately 3:30 PM each business day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The Bank Discount rate is the rate at which a Bill is quoted in the secondary market and is based on the par value, amount of the discount and a 360-day year. The Coupon Equivalent, also called the Bond Equivalent, or the Investment Yield, is the bill's yield based on the purchase price, discount, and a 365- or 366-day year. The Coupon Equivalent can be used to compare the yield on a discount bill to the yield on a nominal coupon bond that pays semiannual interest.

The yield on US 3 Month Bill Bond Yield eased to 4.35% on July 11, 2025, marking a 0.01 percentage point decrease from the previous session. Over the past month, the yield has fallen by 0.03 points and is 0.99 points lower than a year ago, according to over-the-counter interbank yield quotes for this government bond maturity. United States 3 Month Bill Yield - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on July of 2025.

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The yield on US 4 Week Bill Yield rose to 4.31% on July 11, 2025, marking a 0.01 percentage point increase from the previous session. Over the past month, the yield has edged up by 0.12 points, though it remains 1.03 points lower than a year ago, according to over-the-counter interbank yield quotes for this government bond maturity. United States 4 Week Bill Yield - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on July of 2025.

United States FRBOP Forecast: Treasury Bills Rate: 3 Months: Mean: Plus 1 Qtr data was reported at 1.981 % in Jun 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 1.667 % for Mar 2018. United States FRBOP Forecast: Treasury Bills Rate: 3 Months: Mean: Plus 1 Qtr data is updated quarterly, averaging 4.450 % from Sep 1981 (Median) to Jun 2018, with 148 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 14.439 % in Sep 1981 and a record low of 0.057 % in Mar 2012. United States FRBOP Forecast: Treasury Bills Rate: 3 Months: Mean: Plus 1 Qtr data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.M006: Treasury Bills Rates: Forecast: Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.

The yield on US 8 Week Bill Bond Yield rose to 4.45% on July 1, 2025, marking a 0.04 percentage point increase from the previous session. Over the past month, the yield has edged up by 0.13 points, though it remains 0.93 points lower than a year ago, according to over-the-counter interbank yield quotes for this government bond maturity. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for the United States 8 Week Bill Yield.

The statistic represents the rates for U.S. government ********* Treasury bills from 1990 to 2019. In 2019, the average rate for a ********* U.S. Treasury bill was **** percent.

Interactive chart showing the daily 5 year treasury yield back to 1962. The values shown are daily data published by the Federal Reserve Board based on the average yield of a range of Treasury securities, all adjusted to the equivalent of a five-year maturity.

The Average Interest Rates on U.S. Treasury Securities dataset provides average interest rates on U.S. Treasury securities on a monthly basis. Its primary purpose is to show the average interest rate on a variety of marketable and non-marketable Treasury securities. Marketable securities consist of Treasury Bills, Notes, Bonds, Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS), Floating Rate Notes (FRNs), and Federal Financing Bank (FFB) securities. Non-marketable securities consist of Domestic Series, Foreign Series, State and Local Government Series (SLGS), U.S. Savings Securities, and Government Account Series (GAS) securities. Marketable securities are negotiable and transferable and may be sold on the secondary market. Non-marketable securities are not negotiable or transferrable and are not sold on the secondary market. This is a useful dataset for investors and bond holders to compare how interest rates on Treasury securities have changed over time.

United States US: Treasury Bill Rate: Government Securities data was reported at 0.700 % pa in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.326 % pa for 2016. United States US: Treasury Bill Rate: Government Securities data is updated yearly, averaging 4.170 % pa from Dec 1950 (Median) to 2017, with 68 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 14.078 % pa in 1981 and a record low of 0.035 % pa in 2014. United States US: Treasury Bill Rate: Government Securities data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by International Monetary Fund. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.IMF.IFS: Treasury Bill and Government Securities Rates: Annual.

After to as low as low as **** percent in July 2020, in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, the yield on 10-year U.S treasury bonds increased considerably. As of June 2024, it reached **** percent.

United States - 3-Month Treasury Bill Minus Federal Funds Rate was -0.08% in May of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - 3-Month Treasury Bill Minus Federal Funds Rate reached a record high of 1.07 in July of 1961 and a record low of -5.37 in July of 1974. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - 3-Month Treasury Bill Minus Federal Funds Rate - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on July of 2025.

United States Treasury Bills Rate: Secondary Market: Month Average: 3 Months data was reported at 2.326 % pa in Nov 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 2.249 % pa for Oct 2018. United States Treasury Bills Rate: Secondary Market: Month Average: 3 Months data is updated monthly, averaging 2.957 % pa from Jan 1934 (Median) to Nov 2018, with 1019 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 16.305 % pa in May 1981 and a record low of 0.010 % pa in Jan 1940. United States Treasury Bills Rate: Secondary Market: Month Average: 3 Months data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Federal Reserve Board. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.M004: Treasury Bills Rates.

United States Treasury Bills Rate: Secondary Market: Month Average: 6 Months data was reported at 2.396 % pa in Oct 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 2.285 % pa for Sep 2018. United States Treasury Bills Rate: Secondary Market: Month Average: 6 Months data is updated monthly, averaging 4.822 % pa from Dec 1958 (Median) to Oct 2018, with 719 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 15.516 % pa in Aug 1981 and a record low of 0.042 % pa in Sep 2013. United States Treasury Bills Rate: Secondary Market: Month Average: 6 Months data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Federal Reserve Board. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.M004: Treasury Bills Rates.

United States Treasury Bills Rate: Secondary Market: Month Average: 1 Months data was reported at 2.192 % pa in Nov 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 2.139 % pa for Oct 2018. United States Treasury Bills Rate: Secondary Market: Month Average: 1 Months data is updated monthly, averaging 0.822 % pa from Jul 2001 (Median) to Nov 2018, with 209 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 5.130 % pa in Nov 2006 and a record low of -0.000 % pa in Sep 2015. United States Treasury Bills Rate: Secondary Market: Month Average: 1 Months data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Federal Reserve Board. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.M004: Treasury Bills Rates.

As of April 16, 2025, the yield for a ten-year U.S. government bond was 4.34 percent, while the yield for a two-year bond was 3.86 percent. This represents an inverted yield curve, whereby bonds of longer maturities provide a lower yield, reflecting investors' expectations for a decline in long-term interest rates. Hence, making long-term debt holders open to more risk under the uncertainty around the condition of financial markets in the future. That markets are uncertain can be seen by considering both the short-term fluctuations, and the long-term downward trend, of the yields of U.S. government bonds from 2006 to 2021, before the treasury yield curve increased again significantly in the following years. What are government bonds? Government bonds, otherwise called ‘sovereign’ or ‘treasury’ bonds, are financial instruments used by governments to raise money for government spending. Investors give the government a certain amount of money (the ‘face value’), to be repaid at a specified time in the future (the ‘maturity date’). In addition, the government makes regular periodic interest payments (called ‘coupon payments’). Once initially issued, government bonds are tradable on financial markets, meaning their value can fluctuate over time (even though the underlying face value and coupon payments remain the same). Investors are attracted to government bonds as, provided the country in question has a stable economy and political system, they are a very safe investment. Accordingly, in periods of economic turmoil, investors may be willing to accept a negative overall return in order to have a safe haven for their money. For example, once the market value is compared to the total received from remaining interest payments and the face value, investors have been willing to accept a negative return on two-year German government bonds between 2014 and 2021. Conversely, if the underlying economy and political structures are weak, investors demand a higher return to compensate for the higher risk they take on. Consequently, the return on bonds in emerging markets like Brazil are consistently higher than that of the United States (and other developed economies). Inverted yield curves When investors are worried about the financial future, it can lead to what is called an ‘inverted yield curve’. An inverted yield curve is where investors pay more for short term bonds than long term, indicating they do not have confidence in long-term financial conditions. Historically, the yield curve has historically inverted before each of the last five U.S. recessions. The last U.S. yield curve inversion occurred at several brief points in 2019 – a trend which continued until the Federal Reserve cut interest rates several times over that year. However, the ultimate trigger for the next recession was the unpredicted, exogenous shock of the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, showing how such informal indicators may be grounded just as much in coincidence as causation.