Real (TIPS) · Spread · 2 Oct 2026
5Y–30Y +65bp
A spread is one maturity’s real yield minus a shorter one’s.
Real (TIPS) 5s30s from 4 Oct 2021 to 2 Oct 2026: 5s30s currently +65bp, ranging between −40bp and +148bp.
TIPS real yields: the return Treasury bonds pay above inflation once their inflation-linked principal is stripped out.
5Y–30Y +65bp: 6th of 1y, 54th of 5y, 53rd of 10y, 34th of since 2010. High is a steep curve, low is an inverted one.
A spread is one maturity’s real yield 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.
This record starts in 2003, so barely two cycles sit behind any comparison. Ten basis points in a session is serious.
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 TIPS par yield curve · spread computed here
2 Oct 2026 · real par yields, Treasury, around 3:30pm ET
| Tenor | Real yield | 1D | 1W | 1M | 1Y | %ile 5y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5Y | 2.69% | +4 | +5 | +50 | +137 | 99 |
| 7Y | 2.80% | +4 | +7 | +49 | +125 | 99 |
| 10Y | 2.92% | +4 | +9 | +47 | +112 | 99 |
| 20Y | 3.19% | +3 | +11 | +41 | +94 | 100 |
| 30Y | 3.34% | +3 | +12 | +36 | +85 | 100 |
tenors 1, 5, 21, 252 trading days; anchors 1, 7, 30, 365 calendar
| Pair | BP | 1D | 1W | 1M | %ile 5y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5s10s | +23bp | 0 | +4 | −3 | 52 |
| 5s30s | +65bp | −1 | +7 | −14 | 54 |
| 10s30s | +42bp | −1 | +3 | −11 | 58 |
long − short, in basis points
| Fly | BP | 1D | 1W | 1M | %ile 5y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5s10s30s | −19bp | +1 | +1 | +8 | 41 |
2 × belly − wings, 50-50 weighted, not duration-neutral
| Fly | BP | 1D | 1W | 1M | %ile 5y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5s10s30s | −4bp | +1 | 0 | +10 | 30 |
the fly with 5s30s regressed out over five years
| Line | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Inverted | 0 of 7 | pairs 2× apart in maturity |
| Deepest | — | nothing counted is inverted |
| Uncounted | — | no inversion between neighbours |
| 5s30s | not inverted | |
| Month | Bear Flattener | Δ level +44bp · Δ slope −15bp over a month |
| Line | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Last episode | 42 sessions | 11 Aug 2023 → 11 Oct 2023 |
| Deepest (25 Aug 2023) | −20bp | |
| Area | 433 | basis points × sessions below zero |
| Un-inverted (12 Oct 2023) | 1086 days ago | calendar days, not sessions |
5s30s episodes of 20 sessions or more, since 22 Feb 2010
| Line | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 10Y vol | 83bp | annualised, 21 sessions |
| Rank · 5y | 56th | |
| Shape share | 0.70 | 5s30s vol ÷ 10Y vol |
realised standard deviation of daily changes, annualised
| Line | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 1y | −8.0% | |
| 5y | −25.8% | not annualised |
| Worst fall (3 Aug 2021) | −29.7% | peak to trough, bottoming 25 Oct 2023 |
| Since then | −28.2% |
a rolling 10Y par bond, coupon and price. Not a fund
| Anchor | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 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 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.