May 26, 2016

Every Safe Rate Treasury curve fitted on this trading day, with the fit error each one achieved.

The nominal curve, three ways

Same market, three fitted forms. The zero curve is what discounts a cashflow. The par curve is the one comparable with a published par curve, and carries a coupon effect that makes it the wrong choice for anything else. The LSC curve reduces the day to level, slope and curvature, which is what to regress on, the Svensson coefficients change sign every third day while describing a curve that moved five basis points.

0.50%1.00%1.50%2.00%2.50%3.00%3M6M1Y2Y5Y10Y20Y30Y3MPar curve0.513%LSC curve0.659%4MPar curve0.531%6MPar curve0.567%LSC curve0.630%1YZero curve0.675%Par curve0.675%LSC curve0.641%2YZero curve0.888%Par curve0.881%LSC curve0.808%3YZero curve1.076%Par curve1.068%LSC curve1.037%5YZero curve1.386%Par curve1.376%LSC curve1.447%7YZero curve1.628%Par curve1.603%LSC curve1.730%10YZero curve1.900%Par curve1.835%LSC curve1.984%15YZero curve2.210%Par curve2.082%20YZero curve2.440%Par curve2.281%LSC curve2.301%25YZero curve2.650%Par curve2.484%30YZero curve2.868%Par curve2.697%LSC curve2.408%
Zero curvePar curveLSC curve
Level
2.621
Slope
1.901
Curvature
-2.773
Implied short rate
0.720
Zero rate, par yield and instantaneous forward rate at each fitted tenor of the zero curve, each with its change since the previous fitted day.
MaturityZero rate1dPar yield1dForward1d
1Y0.675%-1.5 bp0.676%-1.5 bp0.902%-3.2 bp
2Y0.888%-3.0 bp0.889%-3.0 bp1.288%-5.7 bp
3Y1.076%-4.2 bp1.076%-4.2 bp1.603%-7.0 bp
5Y1.386%-5.3 bp1.381%-5.2 bp2.068%-6.3 bp
7Y1.628%-5.2 bp1.616%-5.1 bp2.376%-3.3 bp
10Y1.900%-3.9 bp1.876%-3.9 bp2.668%+1.1 bp
15Y2.210%-1.9 bp2.161%-2.2 bp2.978%+1.1 bp
20Y2.440%-1.9 bp2.360%-2.1 bp3.294%-4.7 bp
25Y2.650%-2.8 bp2.529%-2.7 bp
30Y2.868%-3.3 bp2.687%-3.0 bp
3.51 bp root-mean-square fit error across 292 priced securities. Within the normal range for this family, which is flagged above 7.5 bp, its 95th percentile across the history.

The money market curve

One week to one year, fitted from 31 bills on a bond equivalent basis. A bill is quoted on a discount basis, so this is a conversion rather than the quoted number, which is what makes it comparable with a coupon yield at all.

0.1%0.2%0.3%0.4%0.5%0.6%0.7%1W1M3M6M1Y1WMoney market rate0.135%1MMoney market rate0.185%2MMoney market rate0.246%3MMoney market rate0.302%4MMoney market rate0.353%6MMoney market rate0.443%9MMoney market rate0.554%1YMoney market rate0.642%
Overnight
0.119%
1W
0.135%
1M
0.185%
2M
0.246%
3M
0.302%
4M
0.353%
6M
0.443%
9M
0.554%
1Y
0.642%
2.27 bp root-mean-square fit error across 31 priced securities. Within the normal range for this family, which is flagged above 5.5 bp, its 95th percentile across the history.

Par curve, every fitted tenor

Thirteen tenors from three months to thirty years, the widest span of any family here. The zero curve above is fitted at ten; the par curve carries the three sub-year points as well.

0.50%1.00%1.50%2.00%2.50%3.00%3M6M1Y2Y5Y10Y20Y30Y3MPar yield0.513%4MPar yield0.531%6MPar yield0.567%1YPar yield0.675%2YPar yield0.881%3YPar yield1.068%5YPar yield1.376%7YPar yield1.603%10YPar yield1.835%15YPar yield2.082%20YPar yield2.281%25YPar yield2.484%30YPar yield2.697%
Safe Rate Treasury Par Curve, thirteen fitted tenors, with one session's move at each.
MaturityPar yield1d
3M0.513%+1.4 bp
4M0.531%+1.0 bp
6M0.567%+0.2 bp
1Y0.675%-1.6 bp
2Y0.881%-3.7 bp
3Y1.068%-4.6 bp
5Y1.376%-4.9 bp
7Y1.603%-4.5 bp
10Y1.835%-3.9 bp
15Y2.082%-3.4 bp
20Y2.281%-3.1 bp
25Y2.484%-2.8 bp
30Y2.697%-2.5 bp

Worst single-security residual on this fit: 15.6 bp. A wide worst-case against a narrow average is usually one off-the-run issue rather than a bad day.

3.69 bp root-mean-square fit error across 292 priced securities. Within the normal range for this family, which is flagged above 7 bp, its 95th percentile across the history.

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A fitted curve is a fit, not a quote. Daily error averages 3.8 basis points across the history and reaches about 20 on the worst days, in December 2008, when the market was genuinely hard to fit one smooth curve to. Every curve page publishes its own fit error rather than burying it.

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