Treasury Yields Little Changed, 7-Year Yield at 4.62% (Aug 31, 2026)

Measured against 30 days ago, Treasury rates sit higher at nearly every maturity. The 10-year Treasury rate matches its August 1 level of 4.75 percent, while the 30-year Treasury yield, at 5.25 percent, is below its 5.27 percent reading of a month ago. The 2-year Treasury rate stands at 4.34 percent versus 4.28 percent, and the 1-year rate advanced to 4.16 percent from 4.08 percent. The 6-month rate reads 3.99 percent, a level just above the 3.98 percent recorded on August 1.

Against one week ago, gains were broad. The 30-year Treasury yield moved higher to 5.25 percent from 5.23 percent, and the 10-year Treasury rate climbed to 4.75 percent from 4.70 percent. The 2-year Treasury rate rose to 4.34 percent from 4.24 percent, the 3-year rate to 4.40 percent from 4.31 percent, the 5-year rate to 4.49 percent from 4.41 percent, and the 7-year rate to 4.62 percent from 4.55 percent. The 1-year rate posted one of the larger weekly increases, reaching 4.16 percent from 4.04 percent, while the 4-week Treasury bill rate advanced to 3.85 percent from 3.79 percent.

Compared with Friday, August 28, the 30-year Treasury yield finished at 5.25 percent, above 5.22 percent, and the 10-year rate at 4.75 percent, above 4.73 percent. The Treasury yield curve slopes upward across all maturities today, rising from 3.85 percent at the 4-week bill to 5.25 percent at the 30-year bond, with no inversions. The 20-year rate of 5.24 percent sits just below the 30-year rate, as it did one week ago. Thirty days ago the long end showed a slight inversion, with the 20-year rate at 5.28 percent above the 30-year rate of 5.27 percent. Against August 2025, the 10-year rate is higher than its 4.23 percent level, the 30-year yield above 4.92 percent, and the 2-year rate above its 3.59 percent reading.