Rates
What money costs: overnight, at the central bank and at the bank counter.
Secured Overnight Financing Rate
3.88% Oct 2, 2026The dominant US dollar benchmark rate, and close to what cash funds pay savers.What it costs to borrow cash overnight against Treasuries; the US benchmark that replaced LIBOR.
Read the report EFFREffective Federal Funds Rate
3.88% Oct 2, 2026The market rate the Fed targets, and an anchor for other short-term rates.The rate banks pay each other for overnight money, inside the Fed's target range.
Read the report CORRACanadian Overnight Repo Rate Average
2.30% Oct 2, 2026Canada's risk-free benchmark, and the rate that replaced CDOR in Canadian contracts.Canada's overnight benchmark: borrowing cash overnight against Government of Canada bonds.
Read the report FED TARGETFed funds target range
3.75–4.00% Oct 8, 2026The rate behind US rates: prime, money market yields and variable-rate loans move with it.The range the Federal Reserve sets for overnight lending between banks: the policy rate behind US rates.
Read the report BOC RATEBank of Canada policy rate
2.25% Oct 7, 2026Canadian prime moves with it, and so do variable-rate loans and what new GICs pay.The Bank of Canada's target for the overnight rate, its main policy lever.
Read the report PRIMEUS prime rate
7.00% Oct 7, 2026Many business loans, credit cards and home equity lines charge prime plus a margin.The base rate many US banks use to price variable-rate loans; it moves when the Fed's target moves.
Read the report HQM 10YUS high-quality corporate bond yield, 10-year
5.86% Sep 2026What highly rated companies pay to borrow, from the curve US pension plans use.The Treasury's 10-year rate for top-rated (AAA to A) corporate bonds, the curve pension plans use to value what they owe.
Read the reportInflation
How fast prices are rising.
US Consumer Price Index
3.4% Aug 2026Shows how fast money loses buying power, and drives what TIPS and I bonds pay.How fast prices are rising for US households, from the basket the Bureau of Labor Statistics prices monthly.
Read the report CORE PCEUS core PCE inflation
3.0% Aug 2026Closely watched by the Fed when it sets rates, as a guide to underlying inflation.The PCE price index without food and energy; the Fed's 2% goal is set in PCE terms.
Read the reportJobs
Who is working, and how many jobs were added.
US unemployment rate
4.2% Sep 2026Tracks how hard jobs are to find and keep; maximum employment is a Fed goal.The share of the labor force out of work and looking for it, from the monthly household survey.
Read the report PAYROLLSUS nonfarm payrolls
+29K Sep 2026Shows whether employers are hiring, and bonds and stocks react as traders rethink the Fed.How many jobs US employers added or cut last month, from the monthly survey of businesses.
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