Full text of H.15 Selected Interest Rates : November 26, 2001

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H.15 (519)

SELECTED INTEREST RATES

For immediate release
November 26, 2001

Yields in percent per annum

Week Ending
Instruments
Federal funds (effective) 1 2 3
Commercial paper 3 4 5 6
Nonfinancial
1-month
2-month
3-month
Financial
1-month
2-month
3-month
CDs (secondary market) 3 7
1-month
3-month
6-month
Eurodollar deposits (London) 3 8
1-month
3-month
6-month
Bank prime loan 2 3 9
Discount window borrowing 2 10
U.S. government securities
Treasury bills (secondary market) 3 4
4-week
3-month
6-month
Treasury constant maturities 11
1-month
3-month
6-month
1-year
2-year
3-year
5-year
7-year
10-year
20-year
30-year
Interest rate swaps 12
1-year
2-year
3-year
4-year
5-year
7-year
10-year
30-year
Corporate bonds
Moody’s seasoned
Aaa
Baa
State & local bonds 13
Conventional mortgages 14
See overleaf for footnotes
* Markets closed
n.a.— Not available

2001
Nov
19

2001
Nov
20

2001
Nov
21

2001
Nov
22 *

2001
Nov
23

Nov
23

Nov
16

2.01

1.97

1.93

1.93

1.88

2.01

2.03

2.49

1.99
2.01
2.03

2.00
2.03
2.02

2.03
2.02
2.02

2.07
2.05
n.a.

2.02
2.03
2.02

2.00
1.96
1.93

2.40
2.30
2.28

2.06
2.06
2.04

2.04
2.03
2.03

2.04
2.04
2.02

2.03
2.02
2.00

2.04
2.04
2.02

2.01
1.99
1.96

2.42
2.31
2.29

2.07
2.07
2.10

2.06
2.03
2.05

2.07
2.08
2.13

2.07
2.07
2.14

2.07
2.06
2.11

2.05
1.99
2.00

2.43
2.31
2.26

2.04
2.07
2.10
5.00
1.50

2.03
2.05
2.08
5.00
1.50

2.03
2.06
2.10
5.00
1.50

2.03
2.08
2.16
5.00
1.50

2.03
2.07
2.11
5.00
1.50

2.03
2.00
1.99
5.00
1.50

2.41
2.31
2.26
5.53
2.02

2.00
1.90
1.96

1.99
1.91
1.95

1.97
1.92
1.98

1.98
1.91
1.97

1.99
1.91
1.97

1.96
1.86
1.91

2.24
2.16
2.12

2.02
1.94
2.00
2.31
2.92
3.38
4.12
4.58
4.80
5.42
5.22

2.02
1.95
1.99
2.31
2.96
3.41
4.17
4.66
4.88
5.50
5.30

2.00
1.96
2.02
2.38
3.11
3.58
4.31
4.78
4.98
5.59
5.35

2.00
1.95
2.02
2.41
3.20
3.68
4.40
4.83
5.04
5.65
5.39

2.01
1.95
2.01
2.35
3.05
3.51
4.25
4.71
4.93
5.54
5.32

1.99
1.90
1.96
2.24
2.83
3.26
3.97
4.45
4.66
5.31
5.12

2.27
2.20
2.17
2.33
2.73
3.14
3.91
4.31
4.57
5.34
5.32

2.54
3.39
4.05
4.48
4.79
5.16
5.44
5.86

2.49
3.32
3.98
4.42
4.73
5.12
5.43
5.88

2.63
3.54
4.21
4.67
4.98
5.35
5.66
6.06

2.67
3.58
4.25
4.68
4.98
5.35
5.64
6.02

2.58
3.46
4.12
4.56
4.87
5.24
5.54
5.95

2.37
3.16
3.78
4.20
4.49
4.86
5.16
5.65

2.52
3.20
3.80
4.21
4.50
4.90
5.24
5.84

7.07
7.88

7.15
7.96

7.19
7.99

7.21
8.01

7.16
7.96
5.14
6.75

6.97
7.81
5.02
6.51

7.03
7.91
5.05
6.62

5.00
1.50

5.14
6.75

2001
Oct

FOOTNOTES
1. The daily effective federal funds rate is a weighted average of rates on brokered trades.
2. Weekly figures are averages of 7 calendar days ending on Wednesday of the current week; monthly figures
include each calendar day in the month.
3. Annualized using a 360-day year or bank interest.
4. On a discount basis.
5. Interest rates interpolated from data on certain commercial paper trades settled by The Depository Trust
Company. The trades represent sales of commercial paper by dealers or direct issuers to investors (that is,
the offer side). See Board's Commercial Paper Web pages (http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/cp) for
more information.
6. The 1-, 2-, and 3-month rates are equivalent to the 30-, 60-, and 90-day dates reported on the Board's
Commercial Paper Web page.
7. An average of dealer offering rates on nationally traded certificates of deposit.
8. Bid rates for Eurodollar deposits collected around 9:30 a.m. Eastern time.
9. Rate posted by a majority of top 25 (by assets in domestic offices) insured U.S.-chartered commercial banks.
Prime is one of several base rates used by banks to price short-term business loans.
10. Rate for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
11. Yields on actively traded issues adjusted to constant maturities. Source: U.S. Treasury.
12. International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) mid-market par swap rates. Rates are for a Fixed
Rate Payer in return for receiving three month LIBOR, and are based on rates collected at 11:00 a.m. by
Garban Intercapital plc and published on Reuters Page ISDAFIX1. Source: Reuters Limited.
13. Bond Buyer Index, general obligation, 20 years to maturity, mixed quality; Thursday quotations.
14. Contract interest rates on commitments for fixed-rate first mortgages. Source: FHLMC.
Note: Weekly and monthly figures are averages of business days unless otherwise noted.
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DESCRIPTION OF THE TREASURY CONSTANT MATURITY SERIES
Yields on Treasury securities at "constant maturity" are interpolated by the U.S. Treasury from the daily yield curve. This
curve, which relates the yield on a security to its time to maturity, is based on the closing market bid yields on actively
traded Treasury securities in the over-the-counter market. These market yields are calculated from composites of quotations obtained by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The constant maturity yield values are read from the yield curve
at fixed maturities, currently 3 and 6 months and 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 10, 20, and 30 years. This method provides a yield for a 10year maturity, for example, even if no outstanding security has exactly 10 years remaining to maturity. In estimating the
20-year constant maturity, the Treasury incorporates the prevailing market yield on an outstanding Treasury bond with
approximately 20 years remaining to maturity.