Treasury Bills · History · 3M 4.01% — Steepener

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Bills · History · 11 Sep 2026

3M 4.01%

on the month
+20bp
rank · 5y
43rd
1M/3M
+16bp

The record of one maturity, close by close. The Curve cuts across maturities; this cuts along time.

Treasury Bills 3M from 13 Sep 2021 to 11 Sep 2026: 3M currently 4.01%, between 0.03% and 5.52% over the window.

Short-term Treasury bill rates from 4 weeks to 52 weeks, quoted coupon-equivalent so they compare with a coupon bond.

Rank

3M 4.01%: 99th of 1y, 43rd of 5y, 71st of 10y, 81st of since 2002. High is the government paying more to borrow for three months.

0%2%4%today 4.01over 1ysince 20253.604.0399thover 5ysince 20210.035.5243rdover 10ysince 2016-0.055.5271stsince 2002-0.055.5281st

Angles

How to read this

What it is

The record of one maturity, close by close. The Curve cuts across maturities; this cuts along time.

How to read the chart

Each point is a single close in percent, for the maturity on the button. It is the level itself, not a change or a rank.

Months of direction carry the meaning here; one print rarely does. Widen Show and a big day looks small.

Method

Where a print is missing, the line breaks rather than bridging the gap. Each maturity’s record starts when its own series starts, which leaves the left edge ragged.

Source

US Treasury · NBER · daily bill rates, coupon-equivalent

Treasury Bills in detail

11 Sep 2026 · secondary-market bill rates, coupon-equivalent, Treasury’s own feed

Curve

TenorBill rate1D1W1M1Y%ile 5y
SOFR (10 Sep)3.62%−2−4−2−77
EFFR (10 Sep)3.63%000−70
IORB (10 Sep)3.65%000−75
ON RRP (10 Sep)3.50%000−75
1M3.85%+1+9+17−3142
1.5M3.90%+5+16+19−27
2M3.96%+3+14+25−1942
3M4.01%+6+17+20−443
4M4.09%+4+16+23+10
6M4.16%+5+17+23+2845
1Y4.34%+7+23+34+6661

tenors 1, 5, 21, 252 trading days; anchors 1, 7, 30, 365 calendar

Slope

PairBP1D1W1M%ile 5y
1M/3M+16bp+5+8+374
1M/1.5M+5bp+4+7+2
1.5M/2M+6bp−2−2+6
2M/3M+5bp+3+3−568
3M/4M+8bp−2−1+3
4M/6M+7bp+1+10
6M/1Y+18bp+2+6+1189
1M/1Y+49bp+6+14+1779

long − short, in basis points

Curvature

FlyBP1D1W1M%ile 5y
1M/3M/1Y−17bp+4+2−1116

2 × belly − wings, 50-50 weighted, not duration-neutral

Slope-neutral

FlyBP1D1W1M%ile 5y
1M/3M/1Y−28bp+4+2−114

the fly with 1M/3M regressed out over five years

State

LineValueDetail
Inverted0 of 16pairs 2× apart in maturity
Deepestnothing counted is inverted
Uncountedno inversion between neighbours
1M/3Mnot inverted
MonthBear SteepenerΔ level +17bp · Δ slope +3bp over a month

This inversion

LineValueDetail
Last episode89 sessions31 Jul 2025 → 8 Dec 2025
Deepest (5 Sep 2025)−20bp
Area1,064basis points × sessions below zero
Un-inverted (9 Dec 2025)276 days agocalendar days, not sessions
Precedent96dmedian un-inversion to recession, 26 to 165, n=2. Not a forecast

1M/3M episodes of 20 sessions or more, since 2 Jan 2002

Volatility

LineValueDetail
3M vol38bpannualised, 21 sessions
Rank · 5y59th
Shape share1.421M/3M vol ÷ 3M vol

realised standard deviation of daily changes, annualised

Held, not watched

LineValueDetail
1y+3.8%
5y+19.7%not annualised
Worst fall (17 Sep 2008)−0.3%peak to trough, bottoming 22 Sep 2008
Since thenmade back

a rolling 3M par bond, coupon and price. Not a fund

Against the floor

LineValueDetail
Four-week bill (10 Sep)+30bp
Thirteen-week bill (10 Sep)+46bp
Rank · 5y96th

the bill's yield minus the ON RRP award, award restated on 365

Anchors

AnchorValue1D1W1M1YDetail
SOFR (10 Sep)3.62%−2−4−2−77
EFFR (10 Sep)3.63%000−70
IORB (10 Sep)3.65%000−75
ON RRP (10 Sep)3.50%000−75
SOFR−BGCR (10 Sep)+2bp00+10what bilateral cleared repo adds to the broad GC rate inside SOFR
NBER (dated to 1 Aug 2026)not in a dated recessionNBER dates turning points about a year late

Spreads and butterflies are derived here from the published bill rate curve. They are not published by any source. A dash means the value could not be computed or was too thin to rank, never zero.

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