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    T10Y2Y

    10-Year Treasury Constant Maturity Minus 2-Year Treasury Constant Maturity — Current Value & Historical Data

    PercentDailyNot Seasonally Adjusted
    FRED
    Current Value
    0.55
    Percent
    As of April 17, 2026
    +1.85%period change
    Aug 14Jun 15Apr 16Feb 17Nov 17Sep 18Jul 19May 20Mar 21Dec 21Nov 22Sep 23Jul 24May 25Apr 26-1.101.12.23.3Percent

    What is 10-Year Treasury Constant Maturity Minus 2-Year Treasury Constant Maturity?

    The 10-year minus 2-year Treasury spread is the difference between the constant-maturity yields on the 10-year and 2-year U.S. Treasury notes, calculated daily by the Federal Reserve Board from H.15 data. It is the single most widely cited shape-of-the-curve measure in U.S. finance and the most reliable recession indicator of the past five decades: every U.S. recession since 1969 has been preceded by an inversion — a negative spread — usually six to eighteen months in advance. An inversion implies the market expects the Fed to cut short-term rates in the future, typically because it expects an economic slowdown. The T10Y2Y spread inverted in July 2022 and stayed negative for a record 793 calendar days through September 2024, the longest inversion in the series' recorded history, before re-steepening. The spread bottomed near -1.08 percentage points in July 2023, its deepest inversion since the early 1980s Volcker disinflation era.

    Current 10-Year Treasury Constant Maturity Minus 2-Year Treasury Constant Maturity Value

    As of April 17, 2026, the current 10-year treasury constant maturity minus 2-year treasury constant maturity is 0.55 Percent. This is the most recent observation available for this series, updated daily.

    Historical Trend

    10-Year Treasury Constant Maturity Minus 2-Year Treasury Constant Maturity rose 1.85% day-over-day. Over the past year, 10-year treasury constant maturity minus 2-year treasury constant maturity rose 1.85% from April 2025. In the series' tracked history, the highest recorded value was 2.61 (January 2014), and the lowest was -1.08 (July 2023).

    Methodology & Source

    Source: Federal Reserve Board

    Frequency: Daily

    Units: Percent

    Notes:

    Starting with the update on June 21, 2019, the Treasury bond data used in calculating interest rate spreads is obtained directly from the U.S. Treasury Department (https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/interest-rates/Pages/TextView.aspx?data=yield). Series is calculated as the ...

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