In: Finance
Following table gives the Daily Treasury Yield Curve Rates for various US treasury bills, issued on different dates:
Date | 1 Mo | 2 Mo | 3 Mo | 6 Mo | 1 Yr |
09-01-2020 | 0.09 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.12 |
09-02-2020 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.13 |
09-03-2020 | 0.1 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.12 |
09-04-2020 | 0.09 | 0.1 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.13 |
09-08-2020 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.15 |
09-09-2020 | 0.1 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.14 |
09-10-2020 | 0.1 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.15 |
09-11-2020 | 0.1 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.13 |
09/14/20 | 0.1 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.13 | 0.14 |
09/15/20 | 0.09 | 0.1 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.13 |
09/16/20 | 0.08 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.12 |
09/17/20 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.11 | 0.12 |
Source - US Treasury website (link - https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/interest-rates/pages/textview.aspx?data=yield)
Anything that increases the demand for long-term Treasury bonds puts downward pressure on interest rates. This means that if the interest rate increased by 2%, price of bonds will decrease by 2% and hence for a bond with a face value of $100, one should pay $2 less