Real Yields · History · 10Y 2.60% — Steepener

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Real · History · 11 Sep 2026

10Y 2.60%

on the month
+18bp
rank · 5y
100th
5s30s
+69bp

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

Real Yields 10Y from 13 Sep 2021 to 11 Sep 2026: 10Y currently 2.60%, between −1.17% and 2.60% over the window.

TIPS real yields: the return Treasury bonds pay above inflation once their inflation-linked principal is stripped out.

Rank

10Y 2.60%: 100th of 1y, 100th of 5y, 100th of 10y, 98th of since 2003. High is a higher real return for lending ten years.

-1%0%1%2%3%today 2.60over 1ysince 20251.672.60100thover 5ysince 2021-1.172.60100thover 10ysince 2016-1.192.60100thsince 2003-1.193.1598th

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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 TIPS par yield curve

Real Yields in detail

11 Sep 2026 · real par yields, Treasury, around 3:30pm ET

Curve

TenorReal yield1D1W1M1Y%ile 5y
5Y2.38%+9+23+24+12098
7Y2.48%+7+21+22+10499
10Y2.60%+5+18+18+88100
20Y2.89%+2+13+11+67100
30Y3.07%+2+11+8+59100

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

Slope

PairBP1D1W1M%ile 5y
5s10s+22bp−4−5−650
5s30s+69bp−7−12−1654
10s30s+47bp−3−7−1060

long − short, in basis points

Curvature

FlyBP1D1W1M%ile 5y
5s10s30s−25bp−1+2+423

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

Slope-neutral

FlyBP1D1W1M%ile 5y
5s10s30s−11bp0+3+618

the fly with 5s30s regressed out over five years

State

LineValueDetail
Inverted0 of 7pairs 2× apart in maturity
Deepestnothing counted is inverted
Uncountedno inversion between neighbours
5s30snot inverted
MonthBear FlattenerΔ level +15bp · Δ slope −15bp over a month

This inversion

LineValueDetail
Last episode42 sessions11 Aug 2023 → 11 Oct 2023
Deepest (25 Aug 2023)−20bp
Area433basis points × sessions below zero
Un-inverted (12 Oct 2023)1065 days agocalendar days, not sessions

5s30s episodes of 20 sessions or more, since 22 Feb 2010

Volatility

LineValueDetail
10Y vol63bpannualised, 21 sessions
Rank · 5y29th
Shape share0.805s30s vol ÷ 10Y vol

realised standard deviation of daily changes, annualised

Held, not watched

LineValueDetail
1y−6.2%
5y−25.1%not annualised
Worst fall (3 Aug 2021)−29.7%peak to trough, bottoming 25 Oct 2023
Since then−26.3%

a rolling 10Y par bond, coupon and price. Not a fund

Anchors

AnchorValueDetail
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 real yield 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.

Real Yields, drawn other ways

Rates

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