Economic and financial indicators
Interest rates, inflation, prices and public debt for the US, UK, Canada, Australia and Ireland, read directly from official sources.
United States
- Mortgage rates today (30-year and 15-year fixed)Average 30-year and 15-year fixed mortgage rates in the US from the weekly Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey, with recent history.
- 10-year Treasury yield todayDaily 10-year US Treasury par yield (constant maturity) from the US Treasury, with the last 30 trading days.
- 2-year Treasury yield todayDaily 2-year US Treasury par yield from the US Treasury, with the last 30 trading days.
- Treasury yield curve todayToday’s US Treasury par yield curve from 1 month to 30 years, plus the 10-year minus 2-year spread that signals an inverted curve.
- Treasury bill (T-bill) rates todayDaily Treasury bill rates (coupon equivalent) for 4, 8, 13, 26 and 52-week bills from the US Treasury.
- US national debt todayTotal US public debt outstanding as reported daily by the Treasury (Debt to the Penny), split into debt held by the public and intragovernmental holdings.
- US budget deficit, fiscal year to dateFederal budget deficit, receipts and outlays for the fiscal year to date, from the Monthly Treasury Statement.
- US inflation rate (CPI)Latest US inflation rate measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) and core CPI, with monthly history from the BLS.
- Federal funds rate todayEffective federal funds rate (EFFR) published daily by the New York Fed, the FOMC target range and the next Fed meeting dates.
- SOFR rate todayLatest SOFR published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, with the last 30 business days.
- Prime rate todayBank prime loan rate from the Federal Reserve H.15 release, weekly averages, compared with the federal funds rate.
- I bond interest rateCurrent Series I savings bond rate from TreasuryDirect (composite and fixed rate) and the rates of previous issue periods.
- Price of eggs todayLatest U.S. average price of eggs, grade a, large per dozen, with monthly history, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- Average price of ground beef in the US (per pound)Latest U.S. average price of ground beef, 100% beef per pound, with monthly history, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- Price of butter in the USLatest U.S. average price of butter, salted, grade aa, stick per pound, with monthly history, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- Average price of bread in the US (white bread per pound)Latest U.S. average price of bread, white, pan per pound, with monthly history, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- Price of milk per gallonLatest U.S. average price of milk, fresh, whole, fortified per gallon, with monthly history, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- Price of coffee per poundLatest U.S. average price of coffee, 100%, ground roast, all sizes per pound, with monthly history, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
United Kingdom
- UK inflation rate (CPI)Latest UK Consumer Prices Index (CPI) annual inflation rate from the Office for National Statistics, with monthly history.
- Bank of England base rateCurrent Bank Rate set by the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee and every change since 2015, from the Bank of England Database.
- UK average mortgage ratesAverage quoted UK mortgage rates for 2, 3 and 5-year fixes at 75% loan to value and the average revert-to rate, from the Bank of England.
- UK unemployment rateLatest UK unemployment rate for people aged 16 and over, seasonally adjusted, from the ONS, with rolling three-month history.
- UK GDP growthUK gross domestic product growth, quarter on quarter, chained volume measures, seasonally adjusted, from the ONS.
Canada
- Bank of Canada interest rateCurrent Bank of Canada policy interest rate (target for the overnight rate) and its recent changes, from the Bank of Canada.
- Prime rate in Canada todayPrime rate of Canada’s chartered banks, as published weekly by the Bank of Canada, with its recent changes.
- Canada mortgage rates (posted conventional rates)Posted conventional mortgage rates of Canadian chartered banks for 1, 3 and 5-year terms, published weekly by the Bank of Canada.
- Canada inflation rate (CPI)Latest Canadian inflation rate (total CPI, 12-month change) and the core measures CPI-trim and CPI-median, from Statistics Canada via the Bank of Canada.
Glossary
Policy rate
The interest rate a central bank sets to steer the economy, and the floor under most other rates in that currency. It moves only when the rate-setting committee decides, so its history is a series of steps rather than a continuous line.
Yield
The annual return an investor earns by lending money through a bond, expressed as a percentage of its price. Price and yield move in opposite directions: when a bond gets cheaper, its yield rises.
Year-on-year inflation
The change in a price index against the same month a year earlier. It can fall while prices are still rising, because it measures the speed of the increase, not the level of prices.
Basis point
One hundredth of a percentage point. Central banks and markets talk in basis points because "a 0.25 point cut" and "a 25 basis point cut" are the same thing, and the second wording leaves no room for doubt.
Real rate
An interest rate after inflation is taken out, roughly the quoted rate minus the inflation rate. A savings account paying less than inflation has a negative real rate, which means the money loses purchasing power.
Yield curve
The set of yields on government debt across maturities, from a few weeks to thirty years. When short maturities pay more than long ones the curve is inverted, a pattern markets read as a slowdown signal.
National average
A figure averaged over a whole country, and therefore not a quote for you. Your own mortgage rate, salary or grocery bill depends on your region, your lender or your shop and will sit above or below the average.
Revision
A later correction of a published figure, as the statistics office receives more complete data. Values marked provisional or estimated are the ones most likely to change, which is why the page keeps the source flag.