Week Ending

Instruments Nov Nov Nov Nov Dec Oct Nov

6 13 20 27 4

FEDERAL RESERVE statistical release

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

Bankers acceptances (top rated) 3 4 7

3-month

6-month

CDs (secondary market) 3 8

1-month

3-month

6-month

Eurodollar deposits (London) 3 9

1-month

3-month

6-month

Bank prime loan 2 3 10

Discount window borrowing 2 11

U.S. government securities

Treasury bills

Auction high 3 4 12

3-month

6-month

1-year

Secondary market 3 4

3-month

6-month

1-year

Treasury constant maturities 13

3-month

6-month

1-year

2-year

3-year

5-year

7-year

10-year

20-year

30-year

Composite

Over 10 years (long-term) 14

Corporate bonds

Moody’s seasoned

Aaa

Baa

A-utility 15

State & local bonds 16

Conventional mortgages 17

5.22 4.80 4.89 4.54 4.86 5.07 4.83

5.11 5.11 4.95 4.84 5.09 5.14 5.00

5.09 5.26 5.14 5.07 5.16 5.08 5.14

5.08 5.13 5.04 4.99 5.04 5.04 5.06

5.16 5.16 5.01 4.87 5.14 5.18 5.04

5.17 5.32 5.17 5.11 5.21 5.12 5.19

5.16 5.24 5.13 5.10 5.04 5.09 5.15

5.13 5.20 5.18 5.10 5.13 5.12 5.15

4.85 4.96 4.95 4.91 4.94 4.88 4.92

5.22 5.19 5.05 5.09 5.53 5.24 5.16

5.27 5.31 5.21 5.18 5.20 5.21 5.24

5.08 5.11 5.05 5.06 5.03 4.99 5.07

5.15 5.17 5.05 5.05 5.49 5.21 5.13

5.21 5.30 5.20 5.14 5.18 5.17 5.21

5.01 5.09 5.03 5.02 5.04 4.94 5.04

8.00 8.00 7.96 7.75 7.75 8.12 7.89

4.75 4.75 4.68 4.50 4.50 4.86 4.63

4.43 4.47 4.40 4.45 4.44 4.08 4.44

4.36 4.50 4.43 4.43 4.41 4.15 4.43

 4.40 4.06 4.40

4.43 4.42 4.35 4.47 4.38 3.96 4.41

4.43 4.43 4.38 4.45 4.36 4.05 4.42

4.27 4.34 4.33 4.38 4.26 3.95 4.33

4.56 4.52 4.46 4.58 4.49 4.07 4.53

4.59 4.59 4.55 4.63 4.51 4.20 4.59

4.46 4.52 4.54 4.59 4.46 4.12 4.53

4.40 4.52 4.62 4.64 4.43 4.09 4.54

4.50 4.57 4.60 4.64 4.42 4.18 4.57

4.45 4.51 4.59 4.62 4.39 4.18 4.54

4.75 4.79 4.79 4.80 4.60 4.46 4.78

4.83 4.82 4.85 4.83 4.64 4.53 4.83

5.54 5.48 5.46 5.46 5.31 5.30 5.48

5.29 5.27 5.26 5.21 5.05 5.01 5.25

5.48 5.43 5.42 5.40 5.25 5.24 5.43

6.56 6.44 6.39 6.28 6.18 6.37 6.41

7.42 7.34 7.33 7.28 7.19 7.18 7.34

7.12 7.00 7.01 7.00 6.95 6.96 7.03

5.04 5.04 5.03 5.01 4.96 4.93 5.03

6.89 6.93 6.86 6.78 6.71 6.71 6.87

See overleaf for footnotes

G.13 (415)

SELECTED INTEREST RATES For immediate release

Yields in percent per annum December 8, 1998

These data are released the first Tuesday of each month. The availability of the release is announced on (202) 452-3206.
FOOTNOTES

1. The daily effective federal funds rate is a weighted average of rates on trades through N.Y. brokers.

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. Representative closing yields for acceptances of the highest rated money center banks.

8. An average of dealer offering rates on nationally traded certificates of deposit.

9. Bid rates for Eurodollar deposits collected around 9:30 a.m. Eastern time.

10. One of several base rates used by banks to price short-term business loans.

11. Rate for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

12. Auction date for daily data; weekly and monthly averages computed on an issue-date basis. On and after October

28, 1998, data are stop yields from uniform-price auctions. Before that date, they are weighted average yields from

multiple-price auctions.

13. Yields on actively traded issues adjusted to constant maturities. Source: U.S. Treasury.

14. Unweighted average of rates on all outstanding bonds neither due nor callable in less than 10 years.

15. Estimate of the yield on a recently offered, A-rated utility bond with a maturity of 30 years and call protection of 5

years; Friday quotations.

16. Bond Buyer Index, general obligation, 20 years to maturity, mixed quality; Thursday quotations.

17. 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.

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 10-year 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.

G.13 (415) Federal Reserve Board

Selected Interest Rates December 8, 1998

Yields in percent per annum

Fed Comm

funds paper Treasury bills Treasury constant maturities

1-mo. 3-mo. 6-mo. 1-yr. 3-mo. 6-mo. 1-yr. 2-yr. 3-yr. 5-yr. 7-yr. 10-yr. 20-yr. 30-yr.

Nov 2 5.35 5.11 4.31 4.38 4.15 4.54 4.53 4.33 4.26 4.39 4.39 4.63 4.77 5.49 5.23

Nov 3 5.04 5.12 4.39 4.35 4.15 4.50 4.51 4.33 4.25 4.37 4.33 4.63 4.78 5.46 5.22

Nov 4 4.85 5.11 4.45 4.43 4.27 4.56 4.59 4.46 4.43 4.53 4.48 4.78 4.83 5.56 5.34

Nov 5 5.05 5.12 4.47 4.47 4.33 4.58 4.64 4.53 4.47 4.55 4.48 4.78 4.82 5.55 5.29

Nov 6 4.64 5.11 4.52 4.53 4.44 4.64 4.70 4.64 4.59 4.65 4.58 4.92 4.93 5.63 5.37

Nov 9 4.95 5.10 4.52 4.50 4.43 4.58 4.66 4.54 4.57 4.63 4.55 4.84 4.88 5.51 5.28

Nov 10 4.84 5.10 4.43 4.44 4.32 4.54 4.61 4.53 4.50 4.57 4.50 4.78 4.81 5.48 5.27

Nov 11 4.84 

Nov 12 5.13 5.10 4.37 4.40 4.29 4.48 4.56 4.50 4.47 4.52 4.47 4.74 4.77 5.46 5.25

Nov 13 4.98 5.13 4.36 4.38 4.31 4.47 4.54 4.52 4.54 4.56 4.53 4.78 4.82 5.46 5.26

Nov 16 5.45 5.13 4.41 4.42 4.34 4.52 4.59 4.55 4.56 4.57 4.55 4.79 4.85 5.47 5.28

Nov 17 4.61 5.11 4.31 4.35 4.31 4.42 4.51 4.52 4.58 4.58 4.57 4.80 4.87 5.51 5.30

Nov 18 4.07 4.87 4.33 4.35 4.32 4.44 4.51 4.53 4.63 4.61 4.58 4.78 4.85 5.44 5.25

Nov 19 4.38 4.83 4.35 4.39 4.34 4.46 4.55 4.55 4.66 4.64 4.63 4.81 4.85 5.45 5.25

Nov 20 4.40 4.80 4.35 4.41 4.35 4.46 4.57 4.56 4.66 4.62 4.60 4.77 4.82 5.44 5.22

Nov 23 4.58 4.83 4.48 4.42 4.36 4.59 4.62 4.57 4.63 4.61 4.60 4.79 4.84 5.49 5.25

Nov 24 4.64 4.83 4.51 4.47 4.39 4.62 4.64 4.60 4.64 4.66 4.63 4.81 4.85 5.47 5.23

Nov 25 4.98 4.85 4.46 4.46 4.39 4.57 4.63 4.60 4.66 4.64 4.63 4.81 4.83 5.45 5.19

Nov 26 4.98 

Nov 27 4.84 4.85 4.44 4.45 4.38 4.55 4.61 4.59 4.62 4.63 4.60 4.80 4.81 5.42 5.16

Nov 30 5.11 4.95 4.42 4.46 4.33 4.57 4.58 4.53 4.54 4.54 4.51 4.70 4.74 5.33 5.08

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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