
Where the US 30 year Treasury yield stands versus its history
The US 30 year Treasury yield was 5.52% on Oct 14, 2026, in the upper third of its 12 month range. Updated when the US Treasury, via the Federal Reserve Board (H.15) publishes a new reading.
Snapshot
The US 30 year Treasury yield was 5.52% on Oct 14, 2026, in the upper third of its 12 month range. The highest reading in the data is 15.21% on Oct 26, 1981 and the lowest is 0.99% on Mar 9, 2020; the data starts on Feb 15, 1977.
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What We Know
- Latest reading: 5.52% on Oct 14, 2026.
- Previous reading: 5.56% on Oct 13, 2026, so the latest is down 4 basis points.
- One week earlier: 5.67% on Oct 7, 2026; down 15 basis points since.
- One year earlier: 4.62% on Oct 14, 2025; up 90 basis points since.
- 12 month high: 5.67% on Oct 7, 2026. 12 month low: 4.54% on Oct 22, 2025.
- 5 year high: 5.67% on Oct 7, 2026. 5 year low: 1.69% on Dec 3, 2021.
- Highest since: the latest reading is the highest since Oct 13, 2026, the last time the series was at or above this level.
- Lowest since: the latest reading is the lowest since Sep 25, 2026, the last time the series was at or below this level.
- Highest in data back to Feb 15, 1977: 15.21% on Oct 26, 1981. Lowest: 0.99% on Mar 9, 2020.
Octans View
At 5.52%, the US 30 year Treasury yield sits 87% of the way from its 12 month low to its 12 month high. Over the past year it is up 90 basis points.
Bear Case · Room for Disagreement
Limits. This page shows daily readings, not intraday levels; a market can trade above or below them during a session. The US Treasury, via the Federal Reserve Board (H.15) data reach FRED with a lag of one business day, so the latest reading can trail the market. Records refer only to the history this source carries; older data from other sources may show higher or lower levels. Nothing here is a forecast.
Method and source. Octans Research computes every figure on this page from the full published history of Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED) series DGS30. "Highest since" is the last earlier date when the series was at or above the latest reading. The page is regenerated by a fixed template when a new reading is published; no model wrote it.
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Sources
- [1]Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED) — US 30 year Treasury yield, full daily history (series DGS30)
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