5-Year Yield Rises 8 bps to 3.87% (Mar 18, 2026)

Compared with 30 days ago, rates across the Treasury yield curve are higher at every maturity in the reference data. The 2-year Treasury rate climbed to 3.76 percent from 3.40 percent, and the 1-year rate advanced to 3.68 percent from 3.42 percent. The 6-month Treasury bill rate moved to 3.74 percent from 3.59 percent. Longer maturities also rose: the 10-year Treasury yield went from 4.04 percent to 4.26 percent, the 30-year Treasury rate from 4.69 percent to 4.88 percent, and the 20-year rate from 4.64 percent to 4.84 percent.

Over the past week, gains were smaller but broad. The 2-year Treasury rate rose from 3.64 percent, the 10-year Treasury yield from 4.21 percent, and the 30-year Treasury rate from 4.86 percent to its current 4.88 percent. The 20-year rate moved up from 4.82 percent. At the front end, the 6-month rate climbed from 3.68 percent and the 3-month rate from 3.71 percent, while the 4-week Treasury bill rate eased slightly from 3.75 percent.

On the day, Wednesday March 18, most maturities ended higher than Tuesday. The 10-year Treasury rate finished at 4.26 percent versus 4.20 percent, and the 30-year Treasury yield at 4.88 percent after 4.85 percent. The 2-year rate rose to 3.76 percent from 3.68 percent, the 5-year to 3.87 percent from 3.79 percent, and the 7-year to 4.05 percent from 3.98 percent. The 4-week bill ticked down to 3.73 percent from 3.74 percent, and the 6-month rate edged up to 3.74 percent from 3.71 percent.