Bills · Spread · 2 Oct 2026
1M–3M +16bp
A spread is one maturity’s bill rate minus a shorter one’s.
Treasury Bills 1M/3M from 4 Oct 2021 to 2 Oct 2026: 1M/3M currently +16bp, ranging between −59bp and +177bp.
Short-term Treasury bill rates from 4 weeks to 52 weeks, quoted coupon-equivalent so they compare with a coupon bond.
1M–3M +16bp: 92nd of 1y, 73rd of 5y, 80th of 10y, 83rd of since 2002. High is a steep curve, low is an inverted one.
A spread is one maturity’s bill rate minus a shorter one’s. Below zero the spread is inverted, and the shorter leg pays more.
Drawn through time in basis points, longer leg minus shorter. Below zero, the shorter leg is on the higher rate.
Below zero, the near leg is priced to come down. Depth varies by pair and era, so deep for one pair is ordinary for another.
A longer maturity 40bp below a shorter one prints −40bp: below zero, so inverted.
Both legs come off the same close, so the gap carries no lag of its own. A pair can also move because one leg is scarce, a bond story and not a view on rates.
US Treasury · NBER · daily bill rates, coupon-equivalent · spread computed here
2 Oct 2026 · secondary-market bill rates, coupon-equivalent, Treasury’s own feed
| Tenor | Bill rate | 1D | 1W | 1M | 1Y | %ile 5y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOFR (1 Oct) | 3.87% | −3 | −1 | +21 | −33 | |
| EFFR (1 Oct) | 3.88% | 0 | 0 | +25 | −21 | |
| IORB (1 Oct) | 3.90% | 0 | 0 | +25 | −25 | |
| ON RRP (1 Oct) | 3.75% | 0 | 0 | +25 | −25 | |
| 1M | 3.95% | −1 | −2 | +23 | −17 | 43 |
| 1.5M | 3.98% | −1 | −3 | +17 | −12 | — |
| 2M | 4.04% | −2 | −6 | +22 | −4 | 43 |
| 3M | 4.11% | +1 | −7 | +24 | +16 | 43 |
| 4M | 4.19% | 0 | −7 | +23 | +26 | — |
| 6M | 4.29% | +1 | −7 | +26 | +45 | 51 |
| 1Y | 4.46% | +2 | −2 | +30 | +78 | 63 |
tenors 1, 5, 21, 252 trading days; anchors 1, 7, 30, 365 calendar
| Pair | BP | 1D | 1W | 1M | %ile 5y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1M/3M | +16bp | +2 | −5 | +1 | 73 |
| 1M/1.5M | +3bp | 0 | −1 | −6 | — |
| 1.5M/2M | +6bp | −1 | −3 | +5 | — |
| 2M/3M | +7bp | +3 | −1 | +2 | 71 |
| 3M/4M | +8bp | −1 | 0 | −1 | — |
| 4M/6M | +10bp | +1 | 0 | +3 | — |
| 6M/1Y | +17bp | +1 | +5 | +4 | 88 |
| 1M/1Y | +51bp | +3 | 0 | +7 | 79 |
long − short, in basis points
| Fly | BP | 1D | 1W | 1M | %ile 5y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1M/3M/1Y | −19bp | +1 | −10 | −5 | 15 |
2 × belly − wings, 50-50 weighted, not duration-neutral
| Fly | BP | 1D | 1W | 1M | %ile 5y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1M/3M/1Y | −30bp | +1 | −10 | −5 | 4 |
the fly with 1M/3M regressed out over five years
| Line | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Inverted | 0 of 16 | pairs 2× apart in maturity |
| Deepest | — | nothing counted is inverted |
| Uncounted | — | no inversion between neighbours |
| 1M/3M | not inverted | |
| Month | Bear Steepener | Δ level +22bp · Δ slope +4bp over a month |
| Line | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Last episode | 89 sessions | 31 Jul 2025 → 8 Dec 2025 |
| Deepest (5 Sep 2025) | −20bp | |
| Area | 1,064 | basis points × sessions below zero |
| Un-inverted (9 Dec 2025) | 297 days ago | calendar days, not sessions |
| Precedent | 96d | median un-inversion to recession, 26 to 165, n=2. Not a forecast |
1M/3M episodes of 20 sessions or more, since 2 Jan 2002
| Line | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 3M vol | 48bp | annualised, 21 sessions |
| Rank · 5y | 68th | |
| Shape share | 1.36 | 1M/3M vol ÷ 3M vol |
realised standard deviation of daily changes, annualised
| Line | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 1y | +3.8% | |
| 5y | +20.0% | not annualised |
| Worst fall (17 Sep 2008) | −0.3% | peak to trough, bottoming 22 Sep 2008 |
| Since then | made back |
a rolling 3M par bond, coupon and price. Not a fund
| Line | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Four-week bill (1 Oct) | +15bp | |
| Thirteen-week bill (1 Oct) | +31bp | |
| Rank · 5y | 87th |
the bill's yield minus the ON RRP award, award restated on 365
| Anchor | Value | 1D | 1W | 1M | 1Y | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOFR (1 Oct) | 3.87% | −3 | −1 | +21 | −33 | |
| EFFR (1 Oct) | 3.88% | 0 | 0 | +25 | −21 | |
| IORB (1 Oct) | 3.90% | 0 | 0 | +25 | −25 | |
| ON RRP (1 Oct) | 3.75% | 0 | 0 | +25 | −25 | |
| SOFR−BGCR (1 Oct) | +3bp | +1 | +1 | 0 | −1 | what bilateral cleared repo adds to the broad GC rate inside SOFR |
| NBER (dated to 1 Sep 2026) | not in a dated recession | NBER 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.