Long-term interest rate (per cent) - United States - OECD - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: OECD interest rates
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In the United States, the long-term interest rate was 4.99 per cent in September 2026, compared to 4.68 in August 2026.
Sample. There are 882 records overall in the monthly series presented in the plot above. The series covers the span of time stretching from April 1953 to September 2026.
History. Here's a peek at a few descriptive statistics we calculated on the whole sample: the interest rate recorded a minimum of 0.62 per cent in July 2020; it reached its maximum of 15.32 per cent in September 1981; it had a mean value of 5.52 per cent.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 4.60000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 4.68000 |
| 2026-09-30 | 4.99000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long-term interest rate |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Interest rate |
| Data type | Annual interest rate |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Rescaling | None |
| Measure type | Level |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | Percentage points |
| Source | OECD |
| Source type | International organization |
| Data licence | Redistributable with citation |
| Other information | Long-term interest rates generally refer to government bonds maturing in ten years. |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM1 |
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