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Overview of financial system vulnerabilities

Asset valuations

  • Equity price-to-earnings ratios reached elevated levels.
  • Risk premiums in corporate bond markets remained near the middle of their historical distributions.
  • Prices of residential and commercial properties remained high relative to fundamentals.

Borrowing by businesses and households

  • The ratio of total private debt to gross domestic product (GDP) continued to edge down and remained close to its historical average.
  • The business debt-to-GDP ratio remained high, but debt issuance by the riskiest companies continued to be subdued. Firms’ ability to service their debt remained solid despite declining interest coverage ratios.
  • Household debt was at modest levels relative to GDP and concentrated among prime-rated borrowers.

Leverage in the financial sector

  • The banking system remained sound and resilient, as risk-based capital ratios remained close to average levels over the past decade.
  • Nonetheless, high interest rates continued to depress the fair value of longer-maturity, fixed-rate assets that, for some banks, were sizable.
  • Leverage remained high at the largest hedge funds.
  • Broker-dealer leverage remained near historically low levels.

Funding risks

  • Most domestic banks maintained high levels of liquid assets and stable funding.
  • However, a subset of banks continued to face funding pressures, reflecting concerns over uninsured deposits and other factors.
  • Structural vulnerabilities persisted at money market funds, some other mutual funds, and stablecoins.
  • Liquidity risks for life insurers remained elevated as the share of illiquid and risky assets continued to edge up.
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Survey of salient risks to the financial system

Survey respondents cited several emerging and existing events or conditions as presenting risks to the U.S. financial system and the broader global economy. For more information, see the box "Survey of Salient Risks to Financial Stability."

  Persistent inflation; monetary tightening Commercial and residential real estate Banking-sector stress Market liquidity strains and volatility Weakness in Chinese economy/financial sector
Oct-23 72% of contacts surveyed 72% of contacts surveyed 56% of contacts surveyed 56% of contacts surveyed 44% of contacts surveyed
May-23 56% of contacts surveyed 52% of contacts surveyed 56% of contacts surveyed 40% of contacts surveyed 12% of contacts surveyed
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Figure 1.1. Nominal Treasury yields rose substantially in the third quarter of 2023

Percent, annual rate

Date 2-year 10-year
Jan. 1997 6.01 6.58
Feb. 1997 5.9 6.42
Mar. 1997 6.22 6.69
Apr. 1997 6.45 6.89
May. 1997 6.28 6.71
Jun. 1997 6.09 6.49
Jul. 1997 5.89 6.22
Aug. 1997 5.94 6.3
Sep. 1997 5.88 6.21
Oct. 1997 5.77 6.03
Nov. 1997 5.71 5.88
Dec. 1997 5.72 5.81
Jan. 1998 5.36 5.54
Feb. 1998 5.42 5.57
Mar. 1998 5.56 5.65
Apr. 1998 5.56 5.64
May. 1998 5.59 5.65
Jun. 1998 5.52 5.5
Jul. 1998 5.46 5.46
Aug. 1998 5.27 5.34
Sep. 1998 4.67 4.81
Oct. 1998 4.09 4.53
Nov. 1998 4.54 4.83
Dec. 1998 4.51 4.65
Jan. 1999 4.62 4.72
Feb. 1999 4.88 5
Mar. 1999 5.05 5.23
Apr. 1999 4.98 5.18
May. 1999 5.25 5.54
Jun. 1999 5.62 5.9
Jul. 1999 5.55 5.79
Aug. 1999 5.68 5.94
Sep. 1999 5.66 5.92
Oct. 1999 5.86 6.11
Nov. 1999 5.86 6.03
Dec. 1999 6.1 6.28
Jan. 2000 6.44 6.66
Feb. 2000 6.61 6.52
Mar. 2000 6.53 6.26
Apr. 2000 6.4 5.99
May. 2000 6.81 6.44
Jun. 2000 6.48 6.1
Jul. 2000 6.34 6.05
Aug. 2000 6.23 5.83
Sep. 2000 6.08 5.8
Oct. 2000 5.91 5.74
Nov. 2000 5.88 5.72
Dec. 2000 5.35 5.24
Jan. 2001 4.76 5.16
Feb. 2001 4.66 5.1
Mar. 2001 4.34 4.89
Apr. 2001 4.23 5.14
May. 2001 4.26 5.39
Jun. 2001 4.08 5.28
Jul. 2001 4.04 5.24
Aug. 2001 3.76 4.97
Sep. 2001 3.12 4.73
Oct. 2001 2.73 4.57
Nov. 2001 2.78 4.65
Dec. 2001 3.11 5.09
Jan. 2002 3.03 5.04
Feb. 2002 3.02 4.91
Mar. 2002 3.56 5.28
Apr. 2002 3.42 5.21
May. 2002 3.26 5.16
Jun. 2002 2.99 4.93
Jul. 2002 2.56 4.65
Aug. 2002 2.13 4.26
Sep. 2002 2 3.87
Oct. 2002 1.91 3.94
Nov. 2002 1.92 4.05
Dec. 2002 1.84 4.03
Jan. 2003 1.74 4.05
Feb. 2003 1.63 3.9
Mar. 2003 1.57 3.81
Apr. 2003 1.62 3.96
May. 2003 1.42 3.57
Jun. 2003 1.23 3.33
Jul. 2003 1.47 3.98
Aug. 2003 1.86 4.45
Sep. 2003 1.71 4.27
Oct. 2003 1.75 4.29
Nov. 2003 1.93 4.3
Dec. 2003 1.91 4.27
Jan. 2004 1.76 4.15
Feb. 2004 1.74 4.08
Mar. 2004 1.58 3.83
Apr. 2004 2.07 4.35
May. 2004 2.53 4.72
Jun. 2004 2.76 4.73
Jul. 2004 2.64 4.5
Aug. 2004 2.51 4.28
Sep. 2004 2.53 4.13
Oct. 2004 2.58 4.1
Nov. 2004 2.85 4.19
Dec. 2004 3.01 4.23
Jan. 2005 3.22 4.22
Feb. 2005 3.38 4.17
Mar. 2005 3.73 4.5
Apr. 2005 3.65 4.34
May. 2005 3.64 4.14
Jun. 2005 3.64 4
Jul. 2005 3.87 4.18
Aug. 2005 4.04 4.26
Sep. 2005 3.95 4.2
Oct. 2005 4.27 4.46
Nov. 2005 4.42 4.54
Dec. 2005 4.4 4.47
Jan. 2006 4.4 4.42
Feb. 2006 4.67 4.57
Mar. 2006 4.73 4.72
Apr. 2006 4.89 4.99
May. 2006 4.97 5.11
Jun. 2006 5.12 5.11
Jul. 2006 5.12 5.09
Aug. 2006 4.9 4.88
Sep. 2006 4.77 4.72
Oct. 2006 4.8 4.73
Nov. 2006 4.74 4.6
Dec. 2006 4.67 4.56
Jan. 2007 4.88 4.76
Feb. 2007 4.85 4.72
Mar. 2007 4.57 4.56
Apr. 2007 4.67 4.69
May. 2007 4.77 4.75
Jun. 2007 4.98 5.1
Jul. 2007 4.82 5
Aug. 2007 4.31 4.67
Sep. 2007 4.01 4.52
Oct. 2007 3.97 4.53
Nov. 2007 3.34 4.15
Dec. 2007 3.12 4.1
Jan. 2008 2.48 3.74
Feb. 2008 1.97 3.74
Mar. 2008 1.62 3.51
Apr. 2008 2.05 3.68
May. 2008 2.45 3.88
Jun. 2008 2.77 4.1
Jul. 2008 2.57 4.01
Aug. 2008 2.42 3.89
Sep. 2008 2.08 3.69
Oct. 2008 1.61 3.81
Nov. 2008 1.21 3.53
Dec. 2008 0.82 2.42
Jan. 2009 0.81 2.52
Feb. 2009 0.98 2.87
Mar. 2009 0.93 2.82
Apr. 2009 0.93 2.93
May. 2009 0.93 3.29
Jun. 2009 1.18 3.72
Jul. 2009 1.02 3.56
Aug. 2009 1.12 3.59
Sep. 2009 0.96 3.4
Oct. 2009 0.95 3.39
Nov. 2009 0.8 3.4
Dec. 2009 0.87 3.59
Jan. 2010 0.93 3.73
Feb. 2010 0.86 3.69
Mar. 2010 0.96 3.73
Apr. 2010 1.06 3.85
May. 2010 0.83 3.42
Jun. 2010 0.72 3.2
Jul. 2010 0.62 3.01
Aug. 2010 0.52 2.7
Sep. 2010 0.48 2.65
Oct. 2010 0.38 2.54
Nov. 2010 0.45 2.76
Dec. 2010 0.62 3.29
Jan. 2011 0.61 3.39
Feb. 2011 0.77 3.58
Mar. 2011 0.7 3.41
Apr. 2011 0.73 3.46
May. 2011 0.56 3.17
Jun. 2011 0.41 3
Jul. 2011 0.41 3
Aug. 2011 0.23 2.3
Sep. 2011 0.21 1.98
Oct. 2011 0.28 2.15
Nov. 2011 0.25 2.01
Dec. 2011 0.26 1.98
Jan. 2012 0.24 1.97
Feb. 2012 0.28 1.97
Mar. 2012 0.34 2.17
Apr. 2012 0.29 2.05
May. 2012 0.29 1.8
Jun. 2012 0.29 1.62
Jul. 2012 0.25 1.53
Aug. 2012 0.27 1.68
Sep. 2012 0.26 1.72
Oct. 2012 0.28 1.75
Nov. 2012 0.27 1.65
Dec. 2012 0.26 1.72
Jan. 2013 0.27 1.91
Feb. 2013 0.27 1.98
Mar. 2013 0.26 1.96
Apr. 2013 0.23 1.76
May. 2013 0.25 1.93
Jun. 2013 0.33 2.3
Jul. 2013 0.34 2.58
Aug. 2013 0.36 2.74
Sep. 2013 0.4 2.81
Oct. 2013 0.34 2.62
Nov. 2013 0.3 2.72
Dec. 2013 0.34 2.9
Jan. 2014 0.39 2.86
Feb. 2014 0.33 2.71
Mar. 2014 0.4 2.72
Apr. 2014 0.42 2.71
May. 2014 0.39 2.56
Jun. 2014 0.45 2.6
Jul. 2014 0.51 2.54
Aug. 2014 0.47 2.42
Sep. 2014 0.57 2.53
Oct. 2014 0.45 2.3
Nov. 2014 0.53 2.33
Dec. 2014 0.64 2.21
Jan. 2015 0.55 1.88
Feb. 2015 0.62 1.98
Mar. 2015 0.64 2.04
Apr. 2015 0.54 1.94
May. 2015 0.61 2.2
Jun. 2015 0.69 2.36
Jul. 2015 0.67 2.32
Aug. 2015 0.7 2.17
Sep. 2015 0.71 2.17
Oct. 2015 0.64 2.07
Nov. 2015 0.88 2.26
Dec. 2015 0.98 2.24
Jan. 2016 0.9 2.09
Feb. 2016 0.73 1.78
Mar. 2016 0.88 1.89
Apr. 2016 0.77 1.81
May. 2016 0.82 1.81
Jun. 2016 0.73 1.64
Jul. 2016 0.67 1.5
Aug. 2016 0.74 1.56
Sep. 2016 0.77 1.63
Oct. 2016 0.84 1.76
Nov. 2016 0.98 2.14
Dec. 2016 1.2 2.49
Jan. 2017 1.21 2.43
Feb. 2017 1.2 2.42
Mar. 2017 1.31 2.48
Apr. 2017 1.24 2.3
May. 2017 1.3 2.3
Jun. 2017 1.34 2.19
Jul. 2017 1.37 2.32
Aug. 2017 1.34 2.21
Sep. 2017 1.38 2.2
Oct. 2017 1.55 2.36
Nov. 2017 1.7 2.35
Dec. 2017 1.84 2.4
Jan. 2018 2.03 2.58
Feb. 2018 2.18 2.86
Mar. 2018 2.28 2.84
Apr. 2018 2.38 2.87
May. 2018 2.51 2.98
Jun. 2018 2.53 2.91
Jul. 2018 2.61 2.89
Aug. 2018 2.64 2.89
Sep. 2018 2.77 3
Oct. 2018 2.86 3.15
Nov. 2018 2.86 3.12
Dec. 2018 2.68 2.83
Jan. 2019 2.54 2.71
Feb. 2019 2.5 2.68
Mar. 2019 2.41 2.57
Apr. 2019 2.34 2.53
May. 2019 2.21 2.4
Jun. 2019 1.81 2.07
Jul. 2019 1.84 2.06
Aug. 2019 1.57 1.63
Sep. 2019 1.65 1.7
Oct. 2019 1.55 1.71
Nov. 2019 1.61 1.81
Dec. 2019 1.61 1.86
Jan. 2020 1.52 1.76
Feb. 2020 1.33 1.5
Mar. 2020 0.45 0.87
Apr. 2020 0.22 0.66
May. 2020 0.17 0.67
Jun. 2020 0.19 0.73
Jul. 2020 0.15 0.62
Aug. 2020 0.14 0.65
Sep. 2020 0.13 0.68
Oct. 2020 0.15 0.79
Nov. 2020 0.17 0.87
Dec. 2020 0.14 0.93
Jan. 2021 0.13 1.08
Feb. 2021 0.12 1.26
Mar. 2021 0.15 1.61
Apr. 2021 0.16 1.64
May. 2021 0.16 1.62
Jun. 2021 0.2 1.52
Jul. 2021 0.22 1.32
Aug. 2021 0.22 1.28
Sep. 2021 0.24 1.37
Oct. 2021 0.39 1.58
Nov. 2021 0.51 1.56
Dec. 2021 0.68 1.47
Jan. 2022 0.98 1.76
Feb. 2022 1.44 1.93
Mar. 2022 1.91 2.13
Apr. 2022 2.54 2.75
May. 2022 2.62 2.9
Jun. 2022 3 3.14
Jul. 2022 3.04 2.9
Aug. 2022 3.25 2.9
Sep. 2022 3.86 3.52
Oct. 2022 4.38 3.98
Nov. 2022 4.5 3.89
Dec. 2022 4.29 3.62
Jan. 2023 4.21 3.53
Feb. 2023 4.53 3.75
Mar. 2023 4.3 3.66
Apr. 2023 4.02 3.46
May. 2023 4.13 3.57
Jun. 2023 4.64 3.75
Jul. 2023 4.83 3.9
Aug. 2023 4.9 4.17
Sep. 2023 5.02 4.38

Note: The 2-year and 10-year Treasury rates are the monthly average of the constant-maturity yields based on the most actively traded securities.

Source: Federal Reserve Board, Statistical Release H.15, “Selected Interest Rates.”

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Figure 1.2. An estimate of the nominal Treasury term premium increased but remained relatively low

Percentage points

Date Term Premium
Jan. 1997 1.49387619608925
Feb. 1997 1.4219388961792
Mar. 1997 1.56349500417709
Apr. 1997 1.66056819395586
May. 1997 1.56349525565193
Jun. 1997 1.48142857210977
Jul. 1997 1.3021772774783
Aug. 1997 1.33278094586872
Sep. 1997 1.32660953203837
Oct. 1997 1.21571363644166
Nov. 1997 1.06898887952169
Dec. 1997 0.994054555892944
Jan. 1998 0.88231999874115
Feb. 1998 0.916031583359367
Mar. 1998 0.974218176169829
Apr. 1998 0.973090475513822
May. 1998 0.975814998149872
Jun. 1998 0.886295459487221
Jul. 1998 0.864068183031949
Aug. 1998 0.795357142175947
Sep. 1998 0.57252856805211
Oct. 1998 0.613523809682755
Nov. 1998 0.688826313144282
Dec. 1998 0.597131821242246
Jan. 1999 0.698215792053624
Feb. 1999 0.843757889772716
Mar. 1999 0.995682602343352
Apr. 1999 0.975800003324236
May. 1999 1.13935790563885
Jun. 1999 1.32467727227644
Jul. 1999 1.28947368421053
Aug. 1999 1.35223636843941
Sep. 1999 1.34805713381086
Oct. 1999 1.4444649875164
Nov. 1999 1.27639001011848
Dec. 1999 1.35427726398815
Jan. 2000 1.50946500301361
Feb. 2000 1.38115000724792
Mar. 2000 1.21349130506101
Apr. 2000 1.04713683693033
May. 2000 1.23775907538154
Jun. 2000 1.05134545673024
Jul. 2000 0.963879996538162
Aug. 2000 0.823352178801661
Sep. 2000 0.836045002937317
Oct. 2000 0.747542863800412
Nov. 2000 0.701523809205918
Dec. 2000 0.529735004901886
Jan. 2001 0.69438095887502
Feb. 2001 0.774110521140852
Mar. 2001 0.783759092742747
Apr. 2001 1.06420498788357
May. 2001 1.2931318228895
Jun. 2001 1.29323333785647
Jul. 2001 1.25510475749061
Aug. 2001 1.1700739186743
Sep. 2001 1.21611175817602
Oct. 2001 1.27206818623976
Nov. 2001 1.41033499240875
Dec. 2001 1.78161498904228
Jan. 2002 1.75319523470742
Feb. 2002 1.65985790051912
Mar. 2002 1.84941499829292
Apr. 2002 1.80147726969285
May. 2002 1.74901364066384
Jun. 2002 1.59664998650551
Jul. 2002 1.44536362452941
Aug. 2002 1.20719091458754
Sep. 2002 0.934149995446205
Oct. 2002 0.987090904604305
Nov. 2002 1.1454631592098
Dec. 2002 1.15573809260414
Jan. 2003 1.16111426694053
Feb. 2003 1.06583157652303
Mar. 2003 0.992842858745938
Apr. 2003 1.08824284871419
May. 2003 0.81813333148048
Jun. 2003 0.677409526847658
Jul. 2003 1.10343636436896
Aug. 2003 1.45625713893345
Sep. 2003 1.33401905354999
Oct. 2003 1.32285455682061
Nov. 2003 1.33156110843023
Dec. 2003 1.31312273849141
Jan. 2004 1.23160499334335
Feb. 2004 1.183631583264
Mar. 2004 1.00030000572619
Apr. 2004 1.34154762540545
May. 2004 1.56125501394272
Jun. 2004 1.48352380593618
Jul. 2004 1.29254761763981
Aug. 2004 1.12465454773469
Sep. 2004 0.95767620347795
Oct. 2004 0.896695005893707
Nov. 2004 0.869494992494583
Dec. 2004 0.833740906281905
Jan. 2005 0.780529999732971
Feb. 2005 0.683468420254557
Mar. 2005 0.845963632518595
Apr. 2005 0.720423814796266
May. 2005 0.571966658035914
Jun. 2005 0.449209088628942
Jul. 2005 0.484030000865459
Aug. 2005 0.47995217209277
Sep. 2005 0.432985713084539
Oct. 2005 0.527364999055862
Nov. 2005 0.543864995241165
Dec. 2005 0.481928574187415
Jan. 2006 0.371660001575947
Feb. 2006 0.424115787995489
Mar. 2006 0.491604347591815
Apr. 2006 0.613742100565057
May. 2006 0.658986359834671
Jun. 2006 0.618022729050029
Jul. 2006 0.560589998960494
Aug. 2006 0.443221734917682
Sep. 2006 0.383484996855259
Oct. 2006 0.36910476287206
Nov. 2006 0.274742857331321
Dec. 2006 0.272580000013113
Jan. 2007 0.375890474943888
Feb. 2007 0.350757895331634
Mar. 2007 0.265227270397273
Apr. 2007 0.35528571548916
May. 2007 0.407745454799045
Jun. 2007 0.667999991348812
Jul. 2007 0.578766666707538
Aug. 2007 0.532921739246534
Sep. 2007 0.511942104289406
Oct. 2007 0.532390914180062
Nov. 2007 0.477490001916885
Dec. 2007 0.527690000832081
Jan. 2008 0.397038099311647
Feb. 2008 0.631790000200272
Mar. 2008 0.671790006756783
Apr. 2008 0.776504546403885
May. 2008 0.835947615759713
Jun. 2008 0.921828576496669
Jul. 2008 0.884422730315815
Aug. 2008 0.791690480141413
Sep. 2008 0.776576198282696
Oct. 2008 1.1084409031001
Nov. 2008 1.11563889516724
Dec. 2008 0.506795446981083
Jan. 2009 0.547700001299381
Feb. 2009 0.740510529593418
Mar. 2009 0.668354543772611
Apr. 2009 0.67949048110417
May. 2009 0.934760001301765
Jun. 2009 1.27825456315821
Jul. 2009 1.15004090829329
Aug. 2009 1.17922379857018
Sep. 2009 1.05722857656933
Oct. 2009 1.02750476201375
Nov. 2009 1.02790525712465
Dec. 2009 1.10391820018942
Jan. 2010 1.20727367777573
Feb. 2010 1.15732631557866
Mar. 2010 1.15418260512145
Apr. 2010 1.22110000523654
May. 2010 0.960190010070801
Jun. 2010 0.825204543092034
Jul. 2010 0.658290471349444
Aug. 2010 0.424377272074873
Sep. 2010 0.387247617755617
Oct. 2010 0.278835001587868
Nov. 2010 0.400010000169277
Dec. 2010 0.808072726834904
Jan. 2011 0.873700001835823
Feb. 2011 1.01930526369496
Mar. 2011 0.920582608036373
Apr. 2011 0.967024999856949
May. 2011 0.762685713313875
Jun. 2011 0.606786362149499
Jul. 2011 0.61241499632597
Aug. 2011 0.150026087203751
Sep. 2011 -0.0431190477739576
Oct. 2011 0.0662800004705787
Nov. 2011 -0.0326900002513867
Dec. 2011 -0.0621142848838298
Jan. 2012 -0.0896999998018146
Feb. 2012 -0.119230000674725
Mar. 2012 0.023895455354994
Apr. 2012 -0.0574857145547867
May. 2012 -0.221072724258358
Jun. 2012 -0.331609524431683
Jul. 2012 -0.399980946665718
Aug. 2012 -0.297308694409288
Sep. 2012 -0.29425789258982
Oct. 2012 -0.282638093545323
Nov. 2012 -0.33052000105381
Dec. 2012 -0.292379996925592
Jan. 2013 -0.16697142769893
Feb. 2013 -0.116231578353204
Mar. 2013 -0.13496499992907
Apr. 2013 -0.258204544132406
May. 2013 -0.14679090899881
Jun. 2013 0.13666999959969
Jul. 2013 0.346813642165878
Aug. 2013 0.462968176061457
Sep. 2013 0.524625004827976
Oct. 2013 0.363968179984526
Nov. 2013 0.410194735778006
Dec. 2013 0.552542859599704
Jan. 2014 0.563266661905107
Feb. 2014 0.453494740159888
Mar. 2014 0.484333334934144
Apr. 2014 0.501880952290126
May. 2014 0.400666668301537
Jun. 2014 0.431604760033744
Jul. 2014 0.407331817529418
Aug. 2014 0.342380950848262
Sep. 2014 0.425128567786444
Oct. 2014 0.272081818092953
Nov. 2014 0.293038888110055
Dec. 2014 0.214790911159732
Jan. 2015 0.00559999986362527
Feb. 2015 0.0680210537424213
Mar. 2015 0.102645455404523
Apr. 2015 0.0121045455651421
May. 2015 0.190974999219179
Jun. 2015 0.29705454476855
Jul. 2015 0.259263634004376
Aug. 2015 0.134219046682119
Sep. 2015 0.135995237245446
Oct. 2015 0.0714285712511767
Nov. 2015 0.182115790091063
Dec. 2015 0.12458181804554
Jan. 2016 0.0117157894235693
Feb. 2016 -0.197440000623465
Mar. 2016 -0.123422727666118
Apr. 2016 -0.175476191299302
May. 2016 -0.174195236393384
Jun. 2016 -0.281345457515933
Jul. 2016 -0.378130002319813
Aug. 2016 -0.346008693394454
Sep. 2016 -0.303919047117233
Oct. 2016 -0.233139999210835
Nov. 2016 -0.000429997965693474
Dec. 2016 0.239971428399994
Jan. 2017 0.194874999672174
Feb. 2017 0.182310527876804
Mar. 2017 0.161569566182468
Apr. 2017 0.00816315786428995
May. 2017 -0.0163909089328213
Jun. 2017 -0.128790908577767
Jul. 2017 -0.0597199995536357
Aug. 2017 -0.121347826136195
Sep. 2017 -0.140994998812675
Oct. 2017 -0.0568333335132116
Nov. 2017 -0.0927142862762724
Dec. 2017 -0.082375000603497
Jan. 2018 -0.00222857172290484
Feb. 2018 0.139010527416279
Mar. 2018 0.093342856370977
Apr. 2018 0.0834190470743037
May. 2018 0.132377272641117
Jun. 2018 0.077390475996903
Jul. 2018 0.0409333331599122
Aug. 2018 0.0144130433808364
Sep. 2018 0.0539684207668822
Oct. 2018 0.112749999727715
Nov. 2018 0.065265000378713
Dec. 2018 -0.130531578275718
Jan. 2019 -0.213571427833466
Feb. 2019 -0.234726317619023
Mar. 2019 -0.299685715919449
Apr. 2019 -0.315585714010965
May. 2019 -0.386936363848773
Jun. 2019 -0.537979997694492
Jul. 2019 -0.528490909121253
Aug. 2019 -0.743495456197045
Sep. 2019 -0.692489996552467
Oct. 2019 -0.629077269272371
Nov. 2019 -0.521136848550094
Dec. 2019 -0.485528574103401
Jan. 2020 -0.548323810100555
Feb. 2020 -0.708584205100411
Mar. 2020 -0.747604548931122
Apr. 2020 -0.836404760678609
May. 2020 -0.848649996519089
Jun. 2020 -0.838395449248227
Jul. 2020 -0.896695451302962
Aug. 2020 -0.888223807017008
Sep. 2020 -0.873147621041253
Oct. 2020 -0.808919049444653
Nov. 2020 -0.748073681404716
Dec. 2020 -0.717913633043116
Jan. 2021 -0.634089466772581
Feb. 2021 -0.512842107760279
Mar. 2021 -0.243360867966776
Apr. 2021 -0.21143181825226
May. 2021 -0.22790000140667
Jun. 2021 -0.276977270164273
Jul. 2021 -0.403057140963418
Aug. 2021 -0.427063633095134
Sep. 2021 -0.365047621585074
Oct. 2021 -0.207384999096394
Nov. 2021 -0.198465000838041
Dec. 2021 -0.262281818823381
Jan. 2022 -0.104759999364614
Feb. 2022 -0.0713315794342443
Mar. 2022 -0.00709130355845327
Apr. 2022 0.283249996602535
May. 2022 0.321057140827179
Jun. 2022 0.321328572574116
Jul. 2022 -0.0563150002155453
Aug. 2022 -0.170813045423964
Sep. 2022 0.0819238089135892
Oct. 2022 0.217925000563264
Nov. 2022 0.0366600008215755
Dec. 2022 -0.216776191301289
Jan. 2023 -0.332845001295209
Feb. 2023 -0.233573686135443
Mar. 2023 -0.251256520819405
Apr. 2023 -0.426719997823238
May. 2023 -0.432827270843766
Jun. 2023 -0.355114285434995
Jul. 2023 -0.288689997047186
Aug. 2023 -0.133069566025844
Sep. 2023 0.00368500044569373

Note: Term premiums are estimated from a 3-factor term structure model using Treasury yields and Blue Chip interest rate forecasts.

Source: Department of the Treasury; Wolters Kluwer, Blue Chip Financial Forecasts; Federal Reserve Bank of New York; Federal Reserve Board staff estimates.

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Figure 1.3. Interest rate volatility remained elevated by historical norms

Basis points

Date Implied Volatility of 10-Year Swap Rate
Apr. 2005 93.1407611818182
May. 2005 87.2053020454545
Jun. 2005 87.5994123636364
Jul. 2005 89.342594
Aug. 2005 84.2202744347826
Sep. 2005 83.8325441363636
Oct. 2005 86.0325223333333
Nov. 2005 87.1229912727273
Dec. 2005 77.7070317272727
Jan. 2006 75.8552282272727
Feb. 2006 72.57082995
Mar. 2006 72.1180623913044
Apr. 2006 76.56824595
May. 2006 74.3080899130435
Jun. 2006 70.7608532727273
Jul. 2006 69.4930483333333
Aug. 2006 62.8133045217391
Sep. 2006 62.7310715238095
Oct. 2006 64.0431154545455
Nov. 2006 67.6373596363636
Dec. 2006 66.234062
Jan. 2007 66.4426889130435
Feb. 2007 66.7878776
Mar. 2007 70.8117155454546
Apr. 2007 62.8650858095238
May. 2007 58.1989928695652
Jun. 2007 79.0500360952381
Jul. 2007 82.6708996818182
Aug. 2007 84.3294735217391
Sep. 2007 97.0252322
Oct. 2007 91.0426627826087
Nov. 2007 97.0015865454545
Dec. 2007 117.976205190476
Jan. 2008 133.406423652174
Feb. 2008 150.923306095238
Mar. 2008 163.97233552381
Apr. 2008 139.643575363636
May. 2008 126.353198590909
Jun. 2008 140.475449761905
Jul. 2008 127.802219956522
Aug. 2008 111.567181571429
Sep. 2008 141.1032905
Oct. 2008 188.875971130435
Nov. 2008 205.83388575
Dec. 2008 232.030661695652
Jan. 2009 169.826971590909
Feb. 2009 187.7330855
Mar. 2009 157.275367409091
Apr. 2009 129.736551454545
May. 2009 153.281603190476
Jun. 2009 223.655879409091
Jul. 2009 197.755332409091
Aug. 2009 180.745684190476
Sep. 2009 147.807639681818
Oct. 2009 134.645040636364
Nov. 2009 112.442800571429
Dec. 2009 110.1041495
Jan. 2010 109.909501
Feb. 2010 100.7843527
Mar. 2010 90.5415333043478
Apr. 2010 95.7845809090909
May. 2010 108.376839047619
Jun. 2010 108.348928954545
Jul. 2010 91.2602745454546
Aug. 2010 100.908488681818
Sep. 2010 110.990158909091
Oct. 2010 102.931406714286
Nov. 2010 109.178534727273
Dec. 2010 125.347307227273
Jan. 2011 113.23575147619
Feb. 2011 111.22755815
Mar. 2011 110.334852782609
Apr. 2011 92.08106005
May. 2011 89.4274393636364
Jun. 2011 94.3602630909091
Jul. 2011 101.407765333333
Aug. 2011 117.109677521739
Sep. 2011 121.005849181818
Oct. 2011 124.639285238095
Nov. 2011 125.236508363636
Dec. 2011 105.109209590909
Jan. 2012 86.8961869090909
Feb. 2012 87.928798047619
Mar. 2012 92.8956355454546
Apr. 2012 86.3847064761905
May. 2012 78.4844144782609
Jun. 2012 89.6806648095238
Jul. 2012 72.8232575909091
Aug. 2012 78.5166424347826
Sep. 2012 75.8383667
Oct. 2012 75.6908457391304
Nov. 2012 67.6227298181818
Dec. 2012 61.8341229047619
Jan. 2013 67.3589163478261
Feb. 2013 68.8840089
Mar. 2013 64.7794116190476
Apr. 2013 60.4505235
May. 2013 69.0075274782609
Jun. 2013 100.3947363
Jul. 2013 104.775979478261
Aug. 2013 100.2640195
Sep. 2013 101.211893142857
Oct. 2013 81.617062173913
Nov. 2013 74.5137228571429
Dec. 2013 75.8982773636364
Jan. 2014 70.363670826087
Feb. 2014 69.2855606
Mar. 2014 65.5307374285714
Apr. 2014 62.8501716666667
May. 2014 61.4742948181818
Jun. 2014 61.9679537142857
Jul. 2014 59.6560042608696
Aug. 2014 62.2641432380952
Sep. 2014 65.4064466363636
Oct. 2014 76.7030626956522
Nov. 2014 67.40892365
Dec. 2014 70.2256455652174
Jan. 2015 87.0186313636364
Feb. 2015 91.13263945
Mar. 2015 84.3177593181818
Apr. 2015 77.4148326818182
May. 2015 86.7601392380952
Jun. 2015 88.911496
Jul. 2015 82.9971814347826
Aug. 2015 80.31959485
Sep. 2015 79.7947395
Oct. 2015 75.1609395454545
Nov. 2015 72.1120120952381
Dec. 2015 70.300521826087
Jan. 2016 76.2914845238095
Feb. 2016 89.1231934761905
Mar. 2016 78.9347058181818
Apr. 2016 72.0117337619048
May. 2016 69.0779673636364
Jun. 2016 77.249059
Jul. 2016 76.8601374285714
Aug. 2016 68.1436731739131
Sep. 2016 67.2750649090909
Oct. 2016 65.2515483809524
Nov. 2016 83.5448066818182
Dec. 2016 81.1593321363636
Jan. 2017 81.1271510909091
Feb. 2017 75.6451058
Mar. 2017 69.9332405652174
Apr. 2017 75.8273615
May. 2017 62.2952567826087
Jun. 2017 58.9056952272727
Jul. 2017 59.5746184761905
Aug. 2017 57.3938232608696
Sep. 2017 58.1155528095238
Oct. 2017 59.6366519545455
Nov. 2017 52.3190709090909
Dec. 2017 50.8717691904762
Jan. 2018 55.5877003043478
Feb. 2018 72.027128
Mar. 2018 63.4433651363636
Apr. 2018 58.5823622857143
May. 2018 58.537723
Jun. 2018 57.8168248095238
Jul. 2018 53.9075479545455
Aug. 2018 52.7038092608696
Sep. 2018 51.701349
Oct. 2018 58.2089809130435
Nov. 2018 57.7368546363636
Dec. 2018 59.4768278095238
Jan. 2019 56.8872852608696
Feb. 2019 50.92862395
Mar. 2019 52.1450475238095
Apr. 2019 51.7224289090909
May. 2019 57.229373826087
Jun. 2019 68.6766383
Jul. 2019 62.13732
Aug. 2019 81.9997485454546
Sep. 2019 82.103384952381
Oct. 2019 78.1486783478261
Nov. 2019 66.9196303809524
Dec. 2019 64.9177692272727
Jan. 2020 63.7826934782609
Feb. 2020 76.3504349
Mar. 2020 128.198282909091
Apr. 2020 79.1194908181818
May. 2020 62.0802865714286
Jun. 2020 68.1176147272727
Jul. 2020 56.0211723913044
Aug. 2020 54.0961076666667
Sep. 2020 49.9714252727273
Oct. 2020 68.7694889545455
Nov. 2020 57.2393500952381
Dec. 2020 58.7475827391304
Jan. 2021 58.6661465714286
Feb. 2021 68.86160195
Mar. 2021 82.8590066956522
Apr. 2021 76.9544033181818
May. 2021 69.6327573333333
Jun. 2021 66.3641393636364
Jul. 2021 73.0951925454546
Aug. 2021 75.2578712727273
Sep. 2021 69.091108
Oct. 2021 73.5020376666667
Nov. 2021 79.6158680454546
Dec. 2021 80.1248898695652
Jan. 2022 81.8231407142857
Feb. 2022 88.68905865
Mar. 2022 108.610251478261
Apr. 2022 119.366245
May. 2022 114.930118181818
Jun. 2022 119.709321590909
Jul. 2022 122.756632952381
Aug. 2022 111.678260869565
Sep. 2022 127.081818181818
Oct. 2022 138.352380952381
Nov. 2022 126.554545454545
Dec. 2022 125.859090909091
Jan. 2023 111.909090909091
Feb. 2023 105.985
Mar. 2023 120.695652173913
Apr. 2023 112.905
May. 2023 115.917391304348
Jun. 2023 106.777272727273
Jul. 2023 108.009523809524
Aug. 2023 115.373913043478
Sep. 2023 112.357142857143

Note: The data begin in April 2005. Implied volatility on the 10-year swap rate, 1 month ahead, is derived from swaptions. The median value is 79.37 basis points.

Source: For data through July 13, 2022, Barclays and S&P Global; for data from July 14, 2022, onward, ICAP, Swaptions and Interest Rate Caps and Floors Data.

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Figure 1.4. The price-to-earnings ratio of S&P 500 firms increased to levels further above its historical median

Ratio

Date Forward Price-to-Earnings Ratio
Jan. 1989 10.0671742071852
Feb. 1989 10.1319694421189
Mar. 1989 10.1141737310176
Apr. 1989 10.4232150603229
May. 1989 10.725593921358
Jun. 1989 10.8529156729879
Jul. 1989 11.2423747128629
Aug. 1989 11.5556754542242
Sep. 1989 11.5074717257702
Oct. 1989 11.4718058275942
Nov. 1989 11.5143143242907
Dec. 1989 11.884201147533
Jan. 1990 11.5283043228624
Feb. 1990 11.3005872634517
Mar. 1990 11.4949308091727
Apr. 1990 11.6503643865759
May. 1990 12.0730200775074
Jun. 1990 12.3810129553295
Jul. 1990 12.3902358555333
Aug. 1990 11.5089142400092
Sep. 1990 10.7864310499824
Oct. 1990 10.3025059554225
Nov. 1990 11.1818911075676
Dec. 1990 11.6619796205543
Jan. 1991 11.2550686940746
Feb. 1991 13.4293328390948
Mar. 1991 13.7688309882225
Apr. 1991 14.4455914088974
May. 1991 13.6421419272363
Jun. 1991 13.9017290328506
Jul. 1991 14.1581105589639
Aug. 1991 14.3960591544952
Sep. 1991 14.2070675052773
Oct. 1991 14.314536935887
Nov. 1991 14.4536796977807
Dec. 1991 14.0102441469713
Jan. 1992 15.368358289062
Feb. 1992 15.0082392497479
Mar. 1992 14.8636613724216
Apr. 1992 14.8072465748702
May. 1992 14.6969233822856
Jun. 1992 14.0100742459998
Jul. 1992 14.4295238409873
Aug. 1992 14.4495625870657
Sep. 1992 14.4078082896644
Oct. 1992 14.0025531314128
Nov. 1992 14.5158804016831
Dec. 1992 14.7060423882035
Jan. 1993 14.6115963363986
Feb. 1993 14.6619042331675
Mar. 1993 15.0106170351722
Apr. 1993 15.0304486104987
May. 1993 14.7171628110741
Jun. 1993 14.6344429935446
Jul. 1993 14.6317211301174
Aug. 1993 14.7618038146379
Sep. 1993 14.8034556907831
Oct. 1993 14.6420126266835
Nov. 1993 14.6668367840603
Dec. 1993 14.4782805948521
Jan. 1994 14.7481286896458
Feb. 1994 14.6041236725787
Mar. 1994 14.3352500190302
Apr. 1994 13.456030580283
May. 1994 13.4173259820021
Jun. 1994 13.4683561702909
Jul. 1994 13.0021340208967
Aug. 1994 13.2064922288331
Sep. 1994 13.1090121711998
Oct. 1994 12.918680525647
Nov. 1994 12.5567925753133
Dec. 1994 12.0886316715102
Jan. 1995 12.3148739390035
Feb. 1995 12.4849965714328
Mar. 1995 12.5047419563348
Apr. 1995 12.6592147867659
May. 1995 12.9075309538475
Jun. 1995 13.0559628444293
Jul. 1995 13.3026602080606
Aug. 1995 13.3528464366027
Sep. 1995 13.6740849882828
Oct. 1995 13.7720291904032
Nov. 1995 13.8027757308039
Dec. 1995 14.3194528677986
Jan. 1996 14.0130038956195
Feb. 1996 15.2293938516872
Mar. 1996 14.8060744142202
Apr. 1996 14.7872794027797
May. 1996 15.1920719449899
Jun. 1996 14.7149033177118
Jul. 1996 14.4058450818417
Aug. 1996 14.9200395813766
Sep. 1996 15.2447588821419
Oct. 1996 15.6118581061616
Nov. 1996 16.0724364730588
Dec. 1996 15.8482429004173
Jan. 1997 16.4601192052887
Feb. 1997 17.361262916065
Mar. 1997 16.6463655723895
Apr. 1997 16.0264780616226
May. 1997 17.3840007169058
Jun. 1997 18.393347040633
Jul. 1997 19.2290277376015
Aug. 1997 18.6791187691043
Sep. 1997 18.9192431538401
Oct. 1997 19.1995565087991
Nov. 1997 18.6006220829065
Dec. 1997 18.8678443887348
Jan. 1998 18.6616667550781
Feb. 1998 20.3621130161184
Mar. 1998 21.4234116945869
Apr. 1998 21.9045105628532
May. 1998 21.688978731078
Jun. 1998 21.4190654409407
Jul. 1998 22.7719887753468
Aug. 1998 21.166218313794
Sep. 1998 20.0142771405668
Oct. 1998 19.2769294111676
Nov. 1998 22.0184948974417
Dec. 1998 22.2981770686493
Jan. 1999 23.7035378949629
Feb. 1999 23.5286816951792
Mar. 1999 24.7240209049005
Apr. 1999 24.9525779724043
May. 1999 24.7366103177954
Jun. 1999 24.2961449667603
Jul. 1999 25.437735557673
Aug. 1999 23.9033937177615
Sep. 1999 23.4654920255853
Oct. 1999 22.548294988054
Nov. 1999 24.4966970526712
Dec. 1999 24.4189702170033
Jan. 2000 24.8498545453735
Feb. 2000 24.0242616480681
Mar. 2000 23.7273500418937
Apr. 2000 23.9108287058882
May. 2000 23.8836439775788
Jun. 2000 24.0989619076006
Jul. 2000 24.0959159017359
Aug. 2000 23.8563529533663
Sep. 2000 23.8585600495259
Oct. 2000 21.4415565856369
Nov. 2000 22.2453759064875
Dec. 2000 22.0975498084653
Jan. 2001 21.9792608658706
Feb. 2001 22.0976601183249
Mar. 2001 19.7213677304406
Apr. 2001 21.4090303900642
May. 2001 22.2344549008887
Jun. 2001 21.6724864947627
Jul. 2001 21.6064864245717
Aug. 2001 21.1652824939133
Sep. 2001 18.418128646395
Oct. 2001 20.3746619521255
Nov. 2001 21.4918729527042
Dec. 2001 21.5711537042412
Jan. 2002 20.9998322013028
Feb. 2002 20.468123801054
Mar. 2002 20.7500364826311
Apr. 2002 20.1697948384977
May. 2002 19.397478436371
Jun. 2002 18.1106134186602
Jul. 2002 16.1442372433748
Aug. 2002 16.600322407169
Sep. 2002 15.7178676367772
Oct. 2002 15.7766854147274
Nov. 2002 16.0198916279934
Dec. 2002 16.1196925503201
Jan. 2003 16.4820603944559
Feb. 2003 15.3393709299896
Mar. 2003 15.7058063844001
Apr. 2003 15.678207721723
May. 2003 16.5624424539852
Jun. 2003 17.6901282540145
Jul. 2003 17.2744269131236
Aug. 2003 16.9370968021288
Sep. 2003 17.4138086570328
Oct. 2003 17.5046525027293
Nov. 2003 17.1001423319694
Dec. 2003 17.428587862445
Jan. 2004 18.0953477625413
Feb. 2004 18.0922175903274
Mar. 2004 17.3971857402822
Apr. 2004 17.1053535992784
May. 2004 15.9757369303104
Jun. 2004 16.4111379515486
Jul. 2004 15.9243982071178
Aug. 2004 15.5132692682056
Sep. 2004 15.7696075660141
Oct. 2004 15.4848564726803
Nov. 2004 16.1684290787732
Dec. 2004 16.3213320364282
Jan. 2005 15.9517509576089
Feb. 2005 16.1670159828408
Mar. 2005 15.6428217289434
Apr. 2005 15.3033627030124
May. 2005 15.2781303726667
Jun. 2005 15.4142752354093
Jul. 2005 15.4076189015605
Aug. 2005 15.1379673473605
Sep. 2005 14.9529447839614
Oct. 2005 14.3345633798088
Nov. 2005 14.6096263132681
Dec. 2005 14.978872974393
Jan. 2006 14.9028077978899
Feb. 2006 14.9314247137363
Mar. 2006 15.0614392893921
Apr. 2006 14.9915571573824
May. 2006 14.2958243402724
Jun. 2006 13.6922995958635
Jul. 2006 13.9022064766894
Aug. 2006 14.1250561973889
Sep. 2006 14.2608659753928
Oct. 2006 14.65406909002
Nov. 2006 14.8071620058033
Dec. 2006 14.8246715742259
Jan. 2007 15.0143268847427
Feb. 2007 15.3899853189057
Mar. 2007 14.5565313421081
Apr. 2007 15.3143338724436
May. 2007 15.507340623362
Jun. 2007 15.2975535625174
Jul. 2007 15.4094405473658
Aug. 2007 13.8720055198961
Sep. 2007 15.0075872785211
Oct. 2007 15.0142563408096
Nov. 2007 14.3226078132245
Dec. 2007 14.1975156315165
Jan. 2008 13.491290731617
Feb. 2008 13.6763881686425
Mar. 2008 13.0890255953758
Apr. 2008 13.8049927814277
May. 2008 14.303469424039
Jun. 2008 13.5075237705764
Jul. 2008 12.5966893952695
Aug. 2008 13.2895834333728
Sep. 2008 12.0099145444176
Oct. 2008 9.93189462286184
Nov. 2008 9.73674647365533
Dec. 2008 11.8729341409524
Jan. 2009 11.479366075644
Feb. 2009 12.4572503527493
Mar. 2009 12.4233404685294
Apr. 2009 13.5118823090507
May. 2009 14.6564296896115
Jun. 2009 14.7269512836574
Jul. 2009 14.7971316442574
Aug. 2009 15.2008333370086
Sep. 2009 15.9101490492066
Oct. 2009 15.8526401696312
Nov. 2009 15.1214782908307
Dec. 2009 14.8891696977559
Jan. 2010 14.8033308267449
Feb. 2010 13.8098463618111
Mar. 2010 14.4374644008113
Apr. 2010 14.8235853401721
May. 2010 12.9868381450424
Jun. 2010 12.817380366793
Jul. 2010 12.4946553223176
Aug. 2010 12.1002324580377
Sep. 2010 12.354460747752
Oct. 2010 12.8372459195844
Nov. 2010 12.5678077733551
Dec. 2010 13.0311393932212
Jan. 2011 13.2144355692179
Feb. 2011 13.7054256521898
Mar. 2011 12.6072807393752
Apr. 2011 12.9703298947955
May. 2011 12.8955297735844
Jun. 2011 12.0671220995828
Jul. 2011 12.6380543910538
Aug. 2011 11.2819710746078
Sep. 2011 11.2422619863755
Oct. 2011 11.4982308129935
Nov. 2011 11.6744453300743
Dec. 2011 11.4043137847932
Jan. 2012 12.328069137077
Feb. 2012 12.6334559090089
Mar. 2012 12.9636957702922
Apr. 2012 12.6567440935053
May. 2012 12.0116208306746
Jun. 2012 11.8911769898576
Jul. 2012 12.5919404265328
Aug. 2012 12.9175023083412
Sep. 2012 13.3369913505065
Oct. 2012 13.2082993544978
Nov. 2012 12.1870178239455
Dec. 2012 12.8552082191014
Jan. 2013 13.1189796566723
Feb. 2013 13.5300253115834
Mar. 2013 13.7171556820603
Apr. 2013 13.5910511721442
May. 2013 14.4775024002568
Jun. 2013 14.1019383813522
Jul. 2013 14.5080179481071
Aug. 2013 14.5795585536484
Sep. 2013 14.8367110941737
Oct. 2013 14.7109750707644
Nov. 2013 15.0320946052702
Dec. 2013 15.1988677185463
Jan. 2014 15.4252385193823
Feb. 2014 15.4341385893007
Mar. 2014 15.6027354667202
Apr. 2014 15.4960763711562
May. 2014 15.4499067377898
Jun. 2014 15.8287708322437
Jul. 2014 15.9659101983146
Aug. 2014 15.5473886490461
Sep. 2014 15.8925667825403
Oct. 2014 14.7596186452827
Nov. 2014 16.1898754152841
Dec. 2014 16.1135296061402
Jan. 2015 16.2287692410694
Feb. 2015 17.3510804162781
Mar. 2015 17.2718898709291
Apr. 2015 17.2854961096072
May. 2015 17.0889641394198
Jun. 2015 16.9588684154837
Jul. 2015 16.9771660123959
Aug. 2015 16.7530248694363
Sep. 2015 16.0930077961356
Oct. 2015 16.1402227224994
Nov. 2015 16.7962196484938
Dec. 2015 16.6871912260311
Jan. 2016 15.2959393676864
Feb. 2016 15.911268929756
Mar. 2016 16.7091485953314
Apr. 2016 17.0916536668678
May. 2016 16.6740858953944
Jun. 2016 16.7454941686885
Jul. 2016 17.3977536224772
Aug. 2016 17.5190155726164
Sep. 2016 16.9177512004237
Oct. 2016 16.8896064688013
Nov. 2016 16.9468418350312
Dec. 2016 17.3284243256063
Jan. 2017 17.2752500878079
Feb. 2017 17.9098413230605
Mar. 2017 18.0365346963174
Apr. 2017 17.5411101102714
May. 2017 17.495125606295
Jun. 2017 17.9095422998567
Jul. 2017 18.2284815677477
Aug. 2017 18.0948771252735
Sep. 2017 18.1816125015003
Oct. 2017 18.4434227010532
Nov. 2017 18.1454083072413
Dec. 2017 18.6376351750283
Jan. 2018 18.7258654982959
Feb. 2018 17.2803883524804
Mar. 2018 17.3746351865854
Apr. 2018 16.9212469542853
May. 2018 16.6826316239902
Jun. 2018 16.8409578713253
Jul. 2018 17.0294779804557
Aug. 2018 16.8207308843507
Sep. 2018 17.2092153832245
Oct. 2018 16.4923694550479
Nov. 2018 15.7185698254243
Dec. 2018 14.6494334731365
Jan. 2019 15.4544824193505
Feb. 2019 16.3426060913023
Mar. 2019 16.6017284659393
Apr. 2019 17.0780602866262
May. 2019 16.6616889276728
Jun. 2019 17.0282952900927
Jul. 2019 17.4494237781561
Aug. 2019 16.5423978563796
Sep. 2019 17.4030524711923
Oct. 2019 17.3126074323521
Nov. 2019 17.8324221552982
Dec. 2019 18.2515123892571
Jan. 2020 18.7318351556017
Feb. 2020 19.2710036598784
Mar. 2020 14.1257883336198
Apr. 2020 18.9301490658762
May. 2020 20.518115977185
Jun. 2020 22.3998652786803
Jul. 2020 23.0961944056229
Aug. 2020 23.0974716318702
Sep. 2020 22.6402750899235
Oct. 2020 22.8102755105396
Nov. 2020 22.2430595649087
Dec. 2020 22.5584138180575
Jan. 2021 23.0474608048287
Feb. 2021 22.7576542634702
Mar. 2021 22.4530498285178
Apr. 2021 22.6458386773974
May. 2021 21.330678002255
Jun. 2021 21.5965144613538
Jul. 2021 22.1795836941987
Aug. 2021 21.4375411940951
Sep. 2021 21.6305458629054
Oct. 2021 20.8066928573318
Nov. 2021 21.841213246662
Dec. 2021 21.6020329616536
Jan. 2022 20.550761949638
Feb. 2022 19.9605285888593
Mar. 2022 19.1288046063189
Apr. 2022 19.3245468711778
May. 2022 16.8647628301618
Jun. 2022 16.1620910831281
Jul. 2022 16.3362697759251
Aug. 2022 18.6067025408414
Sep. 2022 17.1122312072407
Oct. 2022 16.1647671046097
Nov. 2022 17.5806992981899
Dec. 2022 17.6435815695991
Jan. 2023 17.491355467516
Feb. 2023 18.6615446706202
Mar. 2023 17.4155401227003
Apr. 2023 18.5735861436719
May. 2023 18.4148466031764
Jun. 2023 19.1930485665955
Jul. 2023 20.1626174411013
Aug. 2023 19.1114103401871
Sep. 2023 19.1377084402059

Note: The figure shows the aggregate forward price-to-earnings ratio of S&P 500 firms, based on expected earnings for 12 months ahead. The median value is 15.55 ratio.

Source: Federal Reserve Board staff calculations using Refinitiv, Institutional Brokers' Estimate System (IBES) estimates.

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Figure 1.5. An estimate of the equity premium fell further below its historical median

Percentage points

Date Spread
Oct. 1991 3.31427872022933
Nov. 1991 3.29905152903821
Dec. 1991 3.80762327381709
Jan. 1992 2.88297739349424
Feb. 1992 2.79872283149168
Mar. 1992 2.73553236501514
Apr. 1992 3.00458317695771
May. 1992 3.1447405446378
Jun. 1992 3.59476231850855
Jul. 1992 3.57411086582668
Aug. 1992 3.78308638709405
Sep. 1992 3.92793810083843
Oct. 1992 3.83745798154281
Nov. 1992 3.38282575652048
Dec. 1992 3.38447460914295
Jan. 1993 3.48812928288156
Feb. 1993 3.80456406003826
Mar. 1993 3.87350890883222
Apr. 1993 4.09277390660521
May. 1993 4.22688814007965
Jun. 1993 4.40950823616495
Jul. 1993 4.33185856752072
Aug. 1993 4.35515479120371
Sep. 1993 4.64819491513862
Oct. 1993 4.76707844437311
Nov. 1993 4.38464775579905
Dec. 1993 4.44471028305064
Jan. 1994 4.35631216250068
Feb. 1994 4.17933401369611
Mar. 1994 3.79479194239644
Apr. 1994 3.82863271991632
May. 1994 3.6781021604889
Jun. 1994 3.73794888407627
Jul. 1994 3.80100244196774
Aug. 1994 3.75137465696865
Sep. 1994 3.58307653107891
Oct. 1994 3.43771055015621
Nov. 1994 3.46588734108495
Dec. 1994 3.88675388091905
Jan. 1995 3.540581766
Feb. 1995 3.7605137334
Mar. 1995 3.98662452977977
Apr. 1995 4.09168277935384
May. 1995 4.3816449329795
Jun. 1995 4.72191428713636
Jul. 1995 4.32177401927545
Aug. 1995 4.08359751519548
Sep. 1995 4.1793445482478
Oct. 1995 4.11672746813124
Nov. 1995 4.21912537155324
Dec. 1995 4.1584284791457
Jan. 1996 4.36825794779476
Feb. 1996 3.64660625023885
Mar. 1996 3.34441824371229
Apr. 1996 3.09520486226768
May. 1996 2.74371242481186
Jun. 1996 2.81173705789495
Jul. 1996 3.03328201200268
Aug. 1996 3.03036570968195
Sep. 1996 2.6548258371005
Oct. 1996 2.80365147054795
Nov. 1996 2.94339600414958
Dec. 1996 2.95155842112662
Jan. 1997 2.45521157405991
Feb. 1997 2.28000460979389
Mar. 1997 2.2215301597253
Apr. 1997 2.11276149208368
May. 1997 1.81521043937943
Jun. 1997 1.69465607729229
Jul. 1997 1.87902725529582
Aug. 1997 1.9318085999801
Sep. 1997 1.93795113399938
Oct. 1997 1.68111707947904
Nov. 1997 2.02992909377511
Dec. 1997 2.04576274322786
Jan. 1998 2.2949436509839
Feb. 1998 1.77994539073
Mar. 1998 1.46066949852118
Apr. 1998 1.26769682406067
May. 1998 1.28887431741285
Jun. 1998 1.50293899902118
Jul. 1998 1.27899910650859
Aug. 1998 1.75767297927876
Sep. 1998 2.48129678904038
Oct. 1998 2.8587053764259
Nov. 1998 1.96174862965216
Dec. 1998 2.04317009529159
Jan. 1999 1.44158140417905
Feb. 1999 1.20180541849689
Mar. 1999 0.757636063576651
Apr. 1999 1.00715361565467
May. 1999 0.715021010460791
Jun. 1999 0.430579023475135
Jul. 1999 0.329193388712053
Aug. 1999 0.397005216647228
Sep. 1999 0.456282481869048
Oct. 1999 0.426460205712697
Nov. 1999 0.243979008960101
Dec. 1999 0.0268179192567288
Jan. 2000 -0.3032400247661
Feb. 2000 -0.0426646492237985
Mar. 2000 0.210808063657346
Apr. 2000 0.42037451203579
May. 2000 0.0154958567449555
Jun. 2000 0.319150122247865
Jul. 2000 0.41283617869425
Aug. 2000 0.634164519022304
Sep. 2000 0.63143423886575
Oct. 2000 1.2118240566059
Nov. 2000 1.10249840240762
Dec. 2000 1.57027345379645
Jan. 2001 1.66644896644638
Feb. 2001 1.67440656665751
Mar. 2001 2.39242466555568
Apr. 2001 1.7760490970528
May. 2001 1.3997606700465
Jun. 2001 1.607024963075
Jul. 2001 1.6843531689239
Aug. 2001 1.98422558773557
Sep. 2001 2.8810332459
Oct. 2001 2.6012568912
Nov. 2001 2.2622166053
Dec. 2001 1.7824856599
Jan. 2002 1.93789043084762
Feb. 2002 2.14870354413684
Mar. 2002 1.7197786352
Apr. 2002 1.96878136247273
May. 2002 2.25611834040909
Jun. 2002 2.8628741266
Jul. 2002 3.79264707203637
Aug. 2002 3.98895665982727
Sep. 2002 4.6980811636
Oct. 2002 4.53604882638182
Nov. 2002 4.36712369142632
Dec. 2002 4.34431607332381
Jan. 2003 4.26664547664286
Feb. 2003 4.88128269161579
Mar. 2003 4.82914818617619
Apr. 2003 4.71462769894762
May. 2003 4.79424730329048
Jun. 2003 4.64640359883333
Jul. 2003 4.1533540547
Aug. 2003 3.76134244744286
Sep. 2003 3.79675960449048
Oct. 2003 3.76695784259091
Nov. 2003 3.89603787463333
Dec. 2003 3.82605405325455
Jan. 2004 3.7461522971
Feb. 2004 3.80818051596316
Mar. 2004 4.28625177417391
Apr. 2004 3.84952769760476
May. 2004 3.8841321559
Jun. 2004 3.70947504885238
Jul. 2004 4.13891977364762
Aug. 2004 4.51257633708182
Sep. 2004 4.5774118926
Oct. 2004 4.7206523047
Nov. 2004 4.3630327631
Dec. 2004 4.28528726303636
Jan. 2005 4.4037492893
Feb. 2005 4.38910704471053
Mar. 2005 4.25579490003636
Apr. 2005 4.61189724228571
May. 2005 4.82335110584762
Jun. 2005 4.91671100731818
Jul. 2005 4.7448105245
Aug. 2005 4.77045453108696
Sep. 2005 4.9068840034381
Oct. 2005 4.9193705128
Nov. 2005 4.6847570405
Dec. 2005 4.6045077949381
Jan. 2006 4.7075649174
Feb. 2006 4.53813191542105
Mar. 2006 4.31615431379565
Apr. 2006 4.09716325966316
May. 2006 4.30855866760909
Jun. 2006 4.62180237782727
Jul. 2006 4.543442776
Aug. 2006 4.63647002481304
Sep. 2006 4.7141318871
Oct. 2006 4.52464792600476
Nov. 2006 4.59215051796191
Dec. 2006 4.611552
Jan. 2007 4.18063380972857
Feb. 2007 4.04869515229474
Mar. 2007 4.57046392134546
Apr. 2007 4.1554302122
May. 2007 4.03294530283636
Jun. 2007 3.76237867798571
Jul. 2007 3.80630921868095
Aug. 2007 4.81104994732174
Sep. 2007 4.43432782664737
Oct. 2007 4.42805925877273
Nov. 2007 5.0820587381
Dec. 2007 5.1702308179
Jan. 2008 5.99236543087619
Feb. 2008 5.8653970211
Mar. 2008 6.4066231161
Apr. 2008 5.85850605996573
May. 2008 5.40148694412908
Jun. 2008 5.59609092863047
Jul. 2008 6.25070736200653
Aug. 2008 5.96267126938711
Sep. 2008 6.93195393379366
Oct. 2008 8.31124055469268
Nov. 2008 8.73694334722563
Dec. 2008 7.98801786086921
Jan. 2009 8.05084242592808
Feb. 2009 7.04014841784376
Mar. 2009 7.20352847669335
Apr. 2009 6.64679811893963
May. 2009 5.70126906482508
Jun. 2009 5.23553533164012
Jul. 2009 5.38570743131467
Aug. 2009 5.1980057284808
Sep. 2009 5.10533432041545
Oct. 2009 4.9367403636199
Nov. 2009 5.2360153227491
Dec. 2009 5.19790943638101
Jan. 2010 5.25092592661086
Feb. 2010 5.78185752731631
Mar. 2010 5.46120661057852
Apr. 2010 5.20957449563204
May. 2010 6.54449867090297
Jun. 2010 6.84768809274505
Jul. 2010 7.15989349326431
Aug. 2010 7.77092673909029
Sep. 2010 7.63559954375532
Oct. 2010 7.35387282194428
Nov. 2010 7.32779214556603
Dec. 2010 6.48289879060822
Jan. 2011 6.39736174866077
Feb. 2011 5.95789100580971
Mar. 2011 6.74338981978824
Apr. 2011 6.57622913706917
May. 2011 6.91049663192141
Jun. 2011 7.61398458491775
Jul. 2011 7.23202035253923
Aug. 2011 8.8961211313292
Sep. 2011 9.25277374098387
Oct. 2011 8.9787401328627
Nov. 2011 9.01081744638091
Dec. 2011 9.25596415104572
Jan. 2012 8.41950536044734
Feb. 2012 8.23274548406021
Mar. 2012 7.81297238914052
Apr. 2012 8.31408804834019
May. 2012 9.00784384995453
Jun. 2012 9.27433455445411
Jul. 2012 8.77471632172172
Aug. 2012 8.40105204653512
Sep. 2012 8.13473240343441
Oct. 2012 8.14212597528375
Nov. 2012 8.86975784029727
Dec. 2012 8.37810828820165
Jan. 2013 8.01870592441252
Feb. 2013 7.7094112964598
Mar. 2013 7.63464607001444
Apr. 2013 7.92010987715572
May. 2013 7.28370057809307
Jun. 2013 7.06423373918767
Jul. 2013 6.48579486098104
Aug. 2013 6.27909095172149
Sep. 2013 6.10422322828176
Oct. 2013 6.44620957026323
Nov. 2013 6.19116441285419
Dec. 2013 5.93053272111541
Jan. 2014 5.88706287497488
Feb. 2014 6.02870673742135
Mar. 2014 5.95023255948786
Apr. 2014 5.96197980157209
May. 2014 6.13971193834832
Jun. 2014 5.93622899927505
Jul. 2014 5.89167659158481
Aug. 2014 6.17462926802176
Sep. 2014 5.9181926650901
Oct. 2014 6.62739283780448
Nov. 2014 6.00233865427366
Dec. 2014 6.16284221247464
Jan. 2015 6.33896672048748
Feb. 2015 5.82563513116909
Mar. 2015 5.79434982370289
Apr. 2015 5.93158334352074
May. 2015 5.72116474004613
Jun. 2015 5.60472894401566
Jul. 2015 5.68065550716695
Aug. 2015 5.91620463600709
Sep. 2015 6.1481311841601
Oct. 2015 6.23900135623793
Nov. 2015 5.77911539993824
Dec. 2015 5.84004754107105
Jan. 2016 6.5192038933464
Feb. 2016 6.56579385457415
Mar. 2016 6.15614539963602
Apr. 2016 6.21068988036073
May. 2016 6.34832073521512
Jun. 2016 6.49528296151596
Jul. 2016 6.37364349647276
Aug. 2016 6.27266588706429
Sep. 2016 6.39684157077359
Oct. 2016 6.34866106584142
Nov. 2016 5.92840446442045
Dec. 2016 5.43293180551085
Jan. 2017 5.6133331435665
Feb. 2017 5.41923818170846
Mar. 2017 5.32079355137305
Apr. 2017 5.66903558315205
May. 2017 5.67298235371075
Jun. 2017 5.67331558969448
Jul. 2017 5.39387045669457
Aug. 2017 5.54207384812142
Sep. 2017 5.53039220938696
Oct. 2017 5.25449665135882
Nov. 2017 5.34321228217218
Dec. 2017 5.1439975636006
Jan. 2018 4.99730235662924
Feb. 2018 5.15465435106546
Mar. 2018 5.15182607496192
Apr. 2018 5.34334424522825
May. 2018 5.30709448510116
Jun. 2018 5.31191404866694
Jul. 2018 5.171994419582
Aug. 2018 5.25004921003996
Sep. 2018 5.00424542176363
Oct. 2018 5.11585556725841
Nov. 2018 5.44689195876154
Dec. 2018 6.20368676180553
Jan. 2019 5.96510511226428
Feb. 2019 5.64535403851343
Mar. 2019 5.64817873088041
Apr. 2019 5.51567547201168
May. 2019 5.7922016268743
Jun. 2019 5.98600345678227
Jul. 2019 5.87014827198618
Aug. 2019 6.60853647539441
Sep. 2019 6.23038339842807
Oct. 2019 6.26248289086094
Nov. 2019 5.97665262518493
Dec. 2019 5.78985514715025
Jan. 2020 5.76310523577919
Feb. 2020 5.87196437504315
Mar. 2020 8.33925545375579
Apr. 2020 6.69403572750881
May. 2020 6.29934182760407
Jun. 2020 5.84818529778432
Jul. 2020 5.73118126837897
Aug. 2020 5.71131629610923
Sep. 2020 5.77360270327924
Oct. 2020 5.72081293958723
Nov. 2020 5.74859491731579
Dec. 2020 5.62534942726364
Jan. 2021 5.46223066023684
Feb. 2021 5.32185230268947
Mar. 2021 4.98251185794348
Apr. 2021 5.02721777954545
May. 2021 5.3111935194
Jun. 2021 5.35594500391818
Jul. 2021 5.59173661498572
Aug. 2021 5.78849134112727
Sep. 2021 5.6605299318381
Oct. 2021 5.7384958246
Nov. 2021 5.5242852358
Dec. 2021 5.65460757276364
Jan. 2022 5.5283346279
Feb. 2022 5.50528210304211
Mar. 2022 5.5428182008
Apr. 2022 5.1636005801
May. 2022 5.75144210151905
Jun. 2022 5.74772294280476
Jul. 2022 5.9317184701
Aug. 2022 5.21511175722609
Sep. 2022 5.03565426218095
Oct. 2022 5.0387588917
Nov. 2022 4.638430879
Dec. 2022 4.95565966207619
Jan. 2023 4.5217998138
Feb. 2023 3.93129743172632
Mar. 2023 4.3612329805087
Apr. 2023 4.216399889
May. 2023 4.1429009235
Jun. 2023 3.75193399901429
Jul. 2023 3.3981785291
Aug. 2023 3.40835012594348
Sep. 2023 3.1636660008

Note: The data begin in October 1991. The figure shows the difference between the aggregate forward earnings-to-price ratio of S&P 500 firms and the expected real Treasury yields, based on expected earnings for 12 months ahead. Expected real Treasury yields are calculated from the 10-year consumer price index inflation forecast, and the smoothed nominal yield curve is estimated from off-the-run securities. The median value is 4.73 percentage points.

Source: Federal Reserve Board staff calculations using Refinitiv, Institutional Brokers' Estimate System (IBES) estimates; Department of the Treasury; Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Survey of Professional Forecasters.

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Figure 1.6. Volatility in equity markets stood slightly above its historical median

Percent

Date Option-implied volatility Realized volatility
Jan. 1996 13.4736363636364 11.6566187850931
Feb. 1996 15.033 11.4877706421113
Mar. 1996 17.762380952381 14.5688634686654
Apr. 1996 16.2122222222222 12.2488584387225
May. 1996 16.1463636363636 11.3138943978626
Jun. 1996 16.5035294117647 11.11112671019
Jul. 1996 17.9786363636364 15.0356901982493
Aug. 1996 15.7604545454545 13.4331284543749
Sep. 1996 16.578 11.1821420910606
Oct. 1996 16.2863636363636 9.861055937049
Nov. 1996 15.997 10.2628324664184
Dec. 1996 19.2609523809524 13.425978997329
Jan. 1997 19.6166666666667 14.5963399523465
Feb. 1997 20.1394736842105 14.8259427148092
Mar. 1997 20.17 14.6328459295624
Apr. 1997 19.6955 17.1699836280343
May. 1997 19.9247619047619 16.3696285386738
Jun. 1997 20.1942857142857 14.9982901169365
Jul. 1997 20.5085714285714 16.1644656439612
Aug. 1997 23.0847619047619 18.1191477347283
Sep. 1997 23.7994736842105 18.7719617495149
Oct. 1997 23.8708695652174 18.8211284919062
Nov. 1997 31.9842105263158 24.0146151375036
Dec. 1997 26.2763636363636 18.5264332257845
Jan. 1998 23.8665 17.909985727529
Feb. 1998 19.9989473684211 15.369214033815
Mar. 1998 20.032380952381 12.676419383691
Apr. 1998 22.1621052631579 13.0099678387924
May. 1998 20.874 13.9477652065617
Jun. 1998 21.6627272727273 15.5998403966421
Jul. 1998 20.2326315789474 14.6188614047591
Aug. 1998 31.5880952380952 22.8110212250671
Sep. 1998 38.132 34.2421077294608
Oct. 1998 36.6081818181818 33.0453600617476
Nov. 1998 26.223 23.1583995138956
Dec. 1998 25.4790909090909 18.9543402886485
Jan. 1999 27.9688888888889 19.5200289981339
Feb. 1999 28.8226315789474 21.734710723945
Mar. 1999 25.3095652173913 20.658272843137
Apr. 1999 23.4785714285714 19.8640247165151
May. 1999 26.2045 20.9609677377596
Jun. 1999 23.5457142857143 19.2657475599323
Jul. 1999 21.0490476190476 16.5516576844743
Aug. 1999 24.3236363636364 17.748392418423
Sep. 1999 24.5414285714286 18.9729765136561
Oct. 1999 24.0214285714286 20.9139473129774
Nov. 1999 21.8180952380952 19.2602099721433
Dec. 1999 22.1590909090909 16.8978865494092
Jan. 2000 23.202 19.2555327790101
Feb. 2000 23.5955 21.8650306297721
Mar. 2000 22.7340909090909 24.3950746668746
Apr. 2000 27.1642105263158 32.6691930722064
May. 2000 26.3731818181818 28.6644288470057
Jun. 2000 21.54 22.8968098656007
Jul. 2000 19.893 17.9837291118187
Aug. 2000 18.0886956521739 16.214761960692
Sep. 2000 19.6875 15.2126611818622
Oct. 2000 25.2 23.3637445827611
Nov. 2000 26.3828571428572 24.8172490668793
Dec. 2000 26.5305 25.2457771910425
Jan. 2001 24.9185714285714 27.3649043056417
Feb. 2001 23.4115789473684 21.5537529055566
Mar. 2001 28.5355 26.815103259492
Apr. 2001 28.134 28.2540550757652
May. 2001 22.9440909090909 21.9129057443342
Jun. 2001 20.9404761904762 18.0718874460978
Jul. 2001 22.3161904761905 17.4093825755783
Aug. 2001 21.8617391304348 16.9744560708206
Sep. 2001 35.0653333333333 25.3424918912052
Oct. 2001 32.6122727272727 27.4211328539089
Nov. 2001 26.6309523809524 23.6846566501038
Dec. 2001 23.72 18.7964915409243
Jan. 2002 22.2528571428571 16.073146363552
Feb. 2002 22.8757894736842 19.0094372637987
Mar. 2002 18.985 18.1481727758259
Apr. 2002 19.9004545454546 16.3453798583316
May. 2002 20.0877272727273 17.4611400956036
Jun. 2002 25.271 21.1333274486287
Jul. 2002 34.0495454545455 33.7850371314776
Aug. 2002 33.7427272727273 37.9753616856707
Sep. 2002 37.6475 31.1323157517717
Oct. 2002 35.4295454545455 35.0870849550389
Nov. 2002 28.175 29.8134675226808
Dec. 2002 28.2104761904762 23.9663102089986
Jan. 2003 27.5063157894737 21.4505919977116
Feb. 2003 32.2184210526316 23.2461052901524
Mar. 2003 30.6342857142857 24.0081118773625
Apr. 2003 23.9919047619048 22.7335495143388
May. 2003 20.2395238095238 19.3960454023669
Jun. 2003 20.362380952381 17.8766912176074
Jul. 2003 19.1613636363636 17.9486498687901
Aug. 2003 19.2742857142857 17.438529588216
Sep. 2003 19.532380952381 14.6265215784408
Oct. 2003 18.0234782608696 14.3971560209866
Nov. 2003 17.401052631579 13.1474230651579
Dec. 2003 16.8263636363636 11.9001925679169
Jan. 2004 15.9533333333333 11.1314487383844
Feb. 2004 15.9984210526316 12.4150876683085
Mar. 2004 17.6873913043478 13.1072305557955
Apr. 2004 15.6985714285714 13.2198654870086
May. 2004 17.705 15.2929520954062
Jun. 2004 15.3571428571429 12.4669372305967
Jul. 2004 15.502380952381 11.5567671260595
Aug. 2004 16.6840909090909 12.5082982084267
Sep. 2004 14.0809523809524 10.5133871100998
Oct. 2004 14.97 10.5398910558138
Nov. 2004 13.5771428571429 11.2109162029462
Dec. 2004 12.4595454545455 10.5326421832962
Jan. 2005 13.438 10.6812755145303
Feb. 2005 11.7089473684211 9.9689597803016
Mar. 2005 13.1263636363636 10.4507635721982
Apr. 2005 14.4590476190476 11.9499075424551
May. 2005 13.967619047619 13.1239697776445
Jun. 2005 11.8686363636364 10.8756043130302
Jul. 2005 11.049 10.2913222818729
Aug. 2005 12.9513043478261 9.66437762615463
Sep. 2005 12.6280952380952 10.3272675983211
Oct. 2005 14.937619047619 12.9316452270514
Nov. 2005 12.147619047619 11.9832649407059
Dec. 2005 11.26 9.85930630401064
Jan. 2006 12.036 9.74235107996928
Feb. 2006 12.4710526315789 10.3879054132401
Mar. 2006 11.6939130434783 9.66817743612014
Apr. 2006 11.8473684210526 10.1730710399803
May. 2006 14.4545454545455 11.8738359405788
Jun. 2006 16.9186363636364 15.1783565870971
Jul. 2006 15.326 13.8102136231216
Aug. 2006 13.3517391304348 12.2560857174005
Sep. 2006 12.1845 9.57524546639898
Oct. 2006 11.3063636363636 8.86814948691125
Nov. 2006 10.817619047619 9.04602864586561
Dec. 2006 10.9645 9.47361630033122
Jan. 2007 11.0425 9.44696147329916
Feb. 2007 11.1552631578947 9.08838857458519
Mar. 2007 15.1627272727273 14.3279175742578
Apr. 2007 12.933 11.4042261451199
May. 2007 13.2977272727273 9.91101379157058
Jun. 2007 14.947619047619 11.4096338730991
Jul. 2007 17.2733333333333 13.514441701057
Aug. 2007 25.0260869565217 23.4280821482347
Sep. 2007 22.1989473684211 19.7381396175246
Oct. 2007 19.115652173913 15.49150390601
Nov. 2007 25.582380952381 21.5065842257502
Dec. 2007 21.651 20.9905219890264
Jan. 2008 25.8161904761905 25.1384878376794
Feb. 2008 25.456 27.9417185106449
Mar. 2008 27.1035 26.7243808517076
Apr. 2008 21.5627272727273 21.3725706770101
May. 2008 18.3033333333333 16.8056555044715
Jun. 2008 22.1104761904762 17.3856471858408
Jul. 2008 24.3213636363636 23.0542111858013
Aug. 2008 20.6957142857143 20.3696621296938
Sep. 2008 30.2385714285714 30.1077579995026
Oct. 2008 61.1773913043478 66.3819276400899
Nov. 2008 62.6394736842105 72.3308986090795
Dec. 2008 52.405 61.6131194953173
Jan. 2009 44.683 43.4156360104618
Feb. 2009 45.5705263157895 40.4846323582632
Mar. 2009 44.7954545454545 42.7226805785173
Apr. 2009 38.0638095238095 35.204263635321
May. 2009 31.978 29.3925587563568
Jun. 2009 29.1404545454546 25.0873033234118
Jul. 2009 26.1627272727273 21.5233238460221
Aug. 2009 25.3371428571429 19.3268379593117
Sep. 2009 24.9266666666667 17.4887306283558
Oct. 2009 24.2522727272727 17.5732020515553
Nov. 2009 23.7835 19.4878488359566
Dec. 2009 21.2395454545455 15.2689702451685
Jan. 2010 20.6431578947368 12.8420627684371
Feb. 2010 22.54 17.92272861273
Mar. 2010 17.7673913043478 14.1326838665735
Apr. 2010 17.4242857142857 12.488877396977
May. 2010 31.9295 27.6006154175063
Jun. 2010 29.9163636363636 26.9879002009458
Jul. 2010 25.5652380952381 23.0237806202903
Aug. 2010 24.7459090909091 18.8953294835111
Sep. 2010 22.517619047619 16.8384636054728
Oct. 2010 20.3733333333333 14.8915032719522
Nov. 2010 20.0957142857143 13.9403787559562
Dec. 2010 17.5695454545455 11.8436436780211
Jan. 2011 17.3155 9.7383372325208
Feb. 2011 17.43 10.6298957108276
Mar. 2011 20.7234782608696 14.3053005318161
Apr. 2011 16.244 12.4133200113049
May. 2011 16.9114285714286 12.3613950217692
Jun. 2011 19.1531818181818 13.5602890076561
Jul. 2011 19.2275 13.7794048271223
Aug. 2011 35.0291304347826 31.7230306390831
Sep. 2011 36.53 30.9495920833367
Oct. 2011 32.8290476190476 30.162169813219
Nov. 2011 31.9419047619048 25.0171579832692
Dec. 2011 25.047619047619 20.6202752281825
Jan. 2012 20.228 15.4721182409961
Feb. 2012 18.4205 12.4112564554688
Mar. 2012 16.1672727272727 10.9025437049711
Apr. 2012 17.823 11.4980653865886
May. 2012 21.0018181818182 13.7224418140324
Jun. 2012 21.1309523809524 15.5688246364909
Jul. 2012 17.5652380952381 14.8024556014509
Aug. 2012 15.6895652173913 13.1348708925604
Sep. 2012 15.2847368421053 10.9778398315505
Oct. 2012 16.2761904761905 11.2689168396496
Nov. 2012 16.7019047619048 13.8121767547819
Dec. 2012 17.307 12.8811356619473
Jan. 2013 13.5052380952381 11.7484329050941
Feb. 2013 14.0726315789474 9.64400091073805
Mar. 2013 13.0315 10.133307980037
Apr. 2013 13.9672727272727 11.4500300587223
May. 2013 13.4936363636364 11.6097957370612
Jun. 2013 17.2715 14.5016975392901
Jul. 2013 13.9745454545455 13.4837858224316
Aug. 2013 14.21 10.3994885196458
Sep. 2013 14.692 10.6929957916859
Oct. 2013 15.4078260869565 11.2086886218169
Nov. 2013 12.924 9.88850423120719
Dec. 2013 14.192380952381 9.4984155423318
Jan. 2014 14.2409523809524 9.33424611211761
Feb. 2014 15.47 11.7681297763561
Mar. 2014 14.8366666666667 11.6376469948347
Apr. 2014 14.1980952380952 12.2010628555177
May. 2014 12.4752380952381 10.9819156391693
Jun. 2014 11.5414285714286 8.25465148710588
Jul. 2014 12.2963636363636 7.98002607516907
Aug. 2014 13.4919047619048 9.81958754404602
Sep. 2014 13.4666666666667 8.81115364065528
Oct. 2014 18.0586956521739 15.8075078784219
Nov. 2014 13.4131578947368 13.3856374724363
Dec. 2014 16.2922727272727 12.6668671564202
Jan. 2015 19.1195 15.7460451632904
Feb. 2015 15.9042105263158 15.0476768597676
Mar. 2015 14.8127272727273 11.8979316804852
Apr. 2015 13.4947619047619 11.3551924622657
May. 2015 13.3385 10.8628826330762
Jun. 2015 14.3395454545455 10.1765953622772
Jul. 2015 14.3527272727273 11.191311810975
Aug. 2015 19.4280952380952 17.1432354155929
Sep. 2015 24.3771428571429 26.9070871290945
Oct. 2015 16.7895454545455 19.5421996130274
Nov. 2015 16.21 14.1126104763073
Dec. 2015 18.0254545454546 14.7520494800841
Jan. 2016 23.7178947368421 20.9615875450159
Feb. 2016 22.517 23.7716871056679
Mar. 2016 15.8490909090909 17.4279437295529
Apr. 2016 14.3004761904762 12.5583244136503
May. 2016 14.8528571428571 11.4475286089058
Jun. 2016 17.7745454545455 11.1135670838533
Jul. 2016 13.1585 11.5290802049851
Aug. 2016 12.3995652173913 8.41863913145869
Sep. 2016 14.2195238095238 9.49410235733633
Oct. 2016 14.5852380952381 9.85706600574345
Nov. 2016 15.2361904761905 10.7384035073219
Dec. 2016 12.472380952381 9.00292364000244
Jan. 2017 11.6085 8.06207126717077
Feb. 2017 11.5305263157895 7.16270809502993
Mar. 2017 11.8978260869565 7.20014197506824
Apr. 2017 13.1363157894737 8.4863493564837
May. 2017 10.8622727272727 7.2414036316004
Jun. 2017 10.5136363636364 7.00734981152148
Jul. 2017 10.2645 7.11426285360016
Aug. 2017 11.975652173913 6.90205598484582
Sep. 2017 10.438 6.53566626585038
Oct. 2017 10.1254545454545 5.26939493634829
Nov. 2017 10.5404761904762 5.8398004291845
Dec. 2017 10.2645 7.22881282579005
Jan. 2018 11.062380952381 6.76962866852549
Feb. 2018 22.4647368421053 20.5549331805747
Mar. 2018 19.0238095238095 19.2454436747746
Apr. 2018 18.267619047619 19.5641610724449
May. 2018 14.1245454545455 14.7979795408323
Jun. 2018 13.6780952380952 11.0360395984579
Jul. 2018 13.147619047619 10.0201232493271
Aug. 2018 12.5469565217391 8.26390682621656
Sep. 2018 12.9105263157895 8.19163183789606
Oct. 2018 19.3521739130435 14.6652241327976
Nov. 2018 19.3890476190476 20.323625249354
Dec. 2018 24.9531578947368 24.2114654617999
Jan. 2019 19.572380952381 24.7922296895992
Feb. 2019 15.2347368421053 16.1468107170011
Mar. 2019 14.4852380952381 12.5299728709728
Apr. 2019 12.9490476190476 10.4120879083958
May. 2019 16.7218181818182 11.9507928153167
Jun. 2019 15.836 12.2920907469007
Jul. 2019 13.3059090909091 9.33504191322562
Aug. 2019 18.9790909090909 15.4946865207096
Sep. 2019 15.559 13.710217719438
Oct. 2019 15.4665217391304 12.9276864926939
Nov. 2019 12.5235 9.14638712356058
Dec. 2019 13.7566666666667 8.39224520020588
Jan. 2020 13.9409523809524 7.97687223498488
Feb. 2020 19.6289473684211 12.2261115559997
Mar. 2020 57.7368181818182 56.5103147014808
Apr. 2020 41.4538095238095 53.3646538270374
May. 2020 30.897 32.7282893894432
Jun. 2020 31.1195454545455 25.6028459907694
Jul. 2020 26.8404545454546 21.4847894674207
Aug. 2020 22.8895238095238 15.355970500256
Sep. 2020 27.6476190476191 20.5243139975057
Oct. 2020 29.4386363636364 19.5710260939484
Nov. 2020 24.9955 20.0205398286232
Dec. 2020 22.3740909090909 14.5368603435865
Jan. 2021 24.91 13.9442835874689
Feb. 2021 23.1405263157895 15.0465160240402
Mar. 2021 21.8430434782609 18.3612303425903
Apr. 2021 17.4161904761905 13.220054299749
May. 2021 19.7605 12.8142711355789
Jun. 2021 16.9568181818182 10.5941695252216
Jul. 2021 17.6033333333333 9.51831461960053
Aug. 2021 17.4727272727273 8.98766076940569
Sep. 2021 19.8247619047619 9.8974882008003
Oct. 2021 17.8714285714286 13.1343924523093
Nov. 2021 18.5004761904762 10.7478917241128
Dec. 2021 21.3545454545455 15.7821034191714
Jan. 2022 23.181 17.9129175170917
Feb. 2022 25.7484210526316 24.0426966635955
Mar. 2022 26.9686956521739 24.3942070570172
Apr. 2022 24.3735 19.5645999557827
May. 2022 29.4457142857143 27.6433781049473
Jun. 2022 28.1 26.5522831563486
Jul. 2022 24.8685 24.1574580014419
Aug. 2022 22.1695652173913 18.5694097680019
Sep. 2022 27.4061904761905 21.3534276577384
Oct. 2022 30.0057142857143 24.7610827779089
Nov. 2022 23.4361904761905 23.4464447888176
Dec. 2022 21.7842857142857 20.0585062679304
Jan. 2023 20.203 18.8571723273404
Feb. 2023 20.0621052631579 18.0036254410824
Mar. 2023 21.644347826087 18.3892265583928
Apr. 2023 17.8178947368421 14.9560046513108
May. 2023 17.6440909090909 12.8400203293641
Jun. 2023 13.9942857142857 11.646162730456
Jul. 2023 13.944 9.78994113867051
Aug. 2023 15.8539130434783 10.9875912786461
Sep. 2023 15.241 11.2191431515543

Note: Realized volatility is computed from an exponentially weighted moving average of 5-minute daily realized variances with 75 percent of the weight distributed over the past 20 business days.

Source: Refinitiv, DataScope Tick History; Federal Reserve Board staff estimates.

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Figure 1.7. Corporate bond yields rose above their historical medians

This is a line chart titled "Corporate bond yields rose above their historical medians.” The x-axis measures time and ranges from years 1997 to 2023. The y-axis ranges from 0 to 24 percent. The data are monthly and there are two variables plotted on the chart. The first line is labeled "High-yield" and is designated by a black line. It begins at around 9 percent in 1997 and rises gradually to around 13 percent in 2002. It falls to around 8 percent in 2003 and remains there until 2007. The curve rises to 11 in early 2008, before spiking to about 22 percent in late 2008. The series falls sharply to about 9 percent in 2009 before decreasing more slowly to 7 percent in 2011. The series generally remains around 6 percent through 2020, with local spikes to around 9 in late 2011, early 2016, and early 2020. The series stays around 4 percent in 2021 before rising gradually to about 9 percent by October 2022. The series decreases slightly throughout 2023, but in recent months begins to rise again finishing with a value around 8.5 percent. The second line is labeled "Triple-B" and is designated by a blue line. It begins at around 7 percent in 1997, fluctuates between 6 and 9 percent until 2002, and rises to 10 percent in late 2008. The series falls sharply to around 5 percent in late 2009. It remains between 3 and 5 percent from 2010 to 2019. It has a spike in early 2020 from 2 to 5 percent then decreases back to around 2 percent in October 2020. It hovers at the level through the end of 2021. The series then rises to 6 percent by the end of 2022 and falls back to around 5 percent in early 2023. The series has a gradual increase throughout 2023 and finishes with a value a little above 6 percent.

Note: The triple-B series reflects the effective yield of the ICE Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofAML) triple-B U.S. Corporate Index (C0A4), and the high-yield series reflects the effective yield of the ICE BofAML U.S. High Yield Index (H0A0).

Source: ICE Data Indices, LLC, used with permission.

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Figure 1.8. Corporate bond spreads narrowed modestly

This is a line chart titled “Spreads to similar-maturity Treasury securities narrowed modestly.” The x-axis measures time and ranges from 1997 to 2023. The data are monthly, and there are two variables plotted on the chart. The first line is labeled "High-yield" and is designated by a black line. This line corresponds to the values on the right y-axis, which ranges from 0 to 24 percentage points. It begins at around 3 percentage points in 1997 and rises steadily, with local peaks in 1999, late 2000, and mid-2001, to around 10 percentage points by 2002. The series falls to 4 percentage points by the end of 2004 and then declines slowly to around 2 percent until 2007. The series then rises rapidly to its peak in late 2008 of around 20 percentage points. It then falls steeply in 2009 to around 6 percentage points before it falls gradually to 4 percentage points in 2011. In late 2011, the series spikes to 8 percentage points, before falling steadily to around 4 percentage points in 2014. The series rises gradually from 2014 to 2016 to 7 percentage points, then falls to around 4 percentage points again in 2017, remaining there through 2019. In early 2020, the series jumps to almost 9 percentage points then drops to about 5 percentage points in October. It then steadily decreases to about 3 percentage points in April 2021 to just below 3 percentage points and remains there until April 2022. The series then begins rising gradually again to around 5 percentage points in October 2022, then decreases slightly to just below 4 percentage points by April 2023. The series ends with a slight uptick closer to a value of 4 percentage points in September 2023. The second line is labeled "Triple B" and is designated by a blue line. This line corresponds to the values on the left y-axis, which ranges from 0 to 12 percentage points. It begins at just under 1 percentage point in 1997, rises to around 3.5 percentage points by the end of 2002. The series declines to around 1 percentage point by the start of 2004 and remains there until mid-2007. From there, it rapidly rises to its peak in late 2008 of around 7.7 percentage points. The series then falls steeply in 2009 to around 3 percentage points and declines further to below 2 percentage points in 2011. The series jumps to 3 percentage points in mid-2011 before declining slowly to 1.5 percentage points in 2014. The series then rises gradually to around 3 percentage points in early 2016, then declines to around 1 percentage point by early 2018. The series remains around 1.5 percentage points from 2018 through early 2020 before jumping to almost 4 percentage points in March 2020. The series then decreases to 1 percent by April 2021 and remains there through 2021. It slightly increases at the very end of 2021 into 2022 to around 2 percentage points, then rises slightly to nearly 3.5 percentage points by April 2023 before settling just under 3 percentage points in September 2023.

Note: The triple-B series reflects the option-adjusted spread of the ICE Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofAML) triple-B U.S. Corporate Index (C0A4), and the high-yield series reflects the option-adjusted spread of the ICE BofAML U.S. High Yield Index (H0A0).

Source: ICE Data Indices, LLC, used with permission.

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Figure 1.9. The excess bond premium stayed near its historical mean

Percentage points

Date Excess Bond Premium
Jan. 1997 -0.342654592313972
Feb. 1997 -0.462606020453062
Mar. 1997 -0.488225863128492
Apr. 1997 -0.446325228024708
May. 1997 -0.443022631173682
Jun. 1997 -0.546708874589439
Jul. 1997 -0.520514214958828
Aug. 1997 -0.513240025841649
Sep. 1997 -0.566511214901413
Oct. 1997 -0.446450436791833
Nov. 1997 -0.337927226474647
Dec. 1997 -0.406896466696926
Jan. 1998 -0.368127772422949
Feb. 1998 -0.340264401375967
Mar. 1998 -0.38985694687042
Apr. 1998 -0.418463493605027
May. 1998 -0.380388666460949
Jun. 1998 -0.34432985619128
Jul. 1998 -0.305805287336481
Aug. 1998 0.0876908577843034
Sep. 1998 0.0706088830813472
Oct. 1998 0.195579766978977
Nov. 1998 0.183618037872711
Dec. 1998 0.0448810500433108
Jan. 1999 0.0419411985207299
Feb. 1999 -0.179162607195593
Mar. 1999 -0.166613569198802
Apr. 1999 -0.208794494731105
May. 1999 -0.202818063983081
Jun. 1999 -0.142736114041885
Jul. 1999 -0.091682714533609
Aug. 1999 -0.0385897655692828
Sep. 1999 0.0939673076214938
Oct. 1999 0.106711873136345
Nov. 1999 0.0719113625519607
Dec. 1999 -0.157144713313906
Jan. 2000 0.0269023444258269
Feb. 2000 0.116550608429196
Mar. 2000 0.381396565144444
Apr. 2000 0.539641369261961
May. 2000 0.719720411341091
Jun. 2000 0.757785075139698
Jul. 2000 0.838485378935823
Aug. 2000 0.987406838355595
Sep. 2000 1.09866012767491
Oct. 2000 1.49325633297258
Nov. 2000 1.57416999643594
Dec. 2000 1.56941159028422
Jan. 2001 1.11843111839348
Feb. 2001 1.14485371551199
Mar. 2001 1.08068059410408
Apr. 2001 0.902913940768504
May. 2001 0.767025705872087
Jun. 2001 1.00264738293937
Jul. 2001 0.765986823965488
Aug. 2001 0.740231203932793
Sep. 2001 1.21004187874125
Oct. 2001 1.02493828625665
Nov. 2001 -0.0798143329248804
Dec. 2001 0.41143809700071
Jan. 2002 0.566057239350279
Feb. 2002 0.768954888913615
Mar. 2002 0.287172297555725
Apr. 2002 0.405788912297307
May. 2002 0.498272224459145
Jun. 2002 0.937586271290218
Jul. 2002 1.5321018970319
Aug. 2002 1.42863590371328
Sep. 2002 1.60104233412729
Oct. 2002 1.40493441318667
Nov. 2002 1.02565550329109
Dec. 2002 0.877572677963635
Jan. 2003 0.83336457136619
Feb. 2003 0.625866876065869
Mar. 2003 0.123510872554585
Apr. 2003 0.0313871034491822
May. 2003 -0.508940305879458
Jun. 2003 -0.410787740022125
Jul. 2003 -1.06010228260993
Aug. 2003 -0.211577848674675
Sep. 2003 -0.560429803784046
Oct. 2003 -0.533008132033334
Nov. 2003 -0.55347860426312
Dec. 2003 -0.530651432233169
Jan. 2004 -0.720420226991891
Feb. 2004 -0.345209202557827
Mar. 2004 -0.531969646836501
Apr. 2004 -0.743685194789939
May. 2004 -0.364998872963116
Jun. 2004 -0.382955422005865
Jul. 2004 -0.32345772276791
Aug. 2004 -0.436308152354757
Sep. 2004 -0.557652805439426
Oct. 2004 -0.546798006930873
Nov. 2004 -0.685037064047734
Dec. 2004 -0.733773990931012
Jan. 2005 -0.717909258774226
Feb. 2005 -0.937546882204814
Mar. 2005 -0.641642631300851
Apr. 2005 -0.391157367865282
May. 2005 -0.316369178717013
Jun. 2005 -0.465296505020496
Jul. 2005 -0.565068221057368
Aug. 2005 -0.571185072639314
Sep. 2005 -0.478334142853693
Oct. 2005 -0.357603918693502
Nov. 2005 -0.326164136034155
Dec. 2005 -0.297696080947531
Jan. 2006 -0.379898050043177
Feb. 2006 -0.333708112129151
Mar. 2006 -0.417819997883699
Apr. 2006 -0.461542459579889
May. 2006 -0.365281054055664
Jun. 2006 -0.38163344973104
Jul. 2006 -0.288321922986172
Aug. 2006 -0.319743358566256
Sep. 2006 -0.374782464289901
Oct. 2006 -0.409021856213695
Nov. 2006 -0.379209744212046
Dec. 2006 -0.5043889023895
Jan. 2007 -0.567129154616769
Feb. 2007 -0.570776823801444
Mar. 2007 -0.38579240981872
Apr. 2007 -0.385250451845491
May. 2007 -0.599693064208252
Jun. 2007 -0.386337026827033
Jul. 2007 0.0131506216373607
Aug. 2007 0.131866421115112
Sep. 2007 0.0658028307906529
Oct. 2007 -0.0231702016961077
Nov. 2007 0.324457647596637
Dec. 2007 0.472228004140457
Jan. 2008 0.712368772255747
Feb. 2008 0.916705520367551
Mar. 2008 1.14307185269507
Apr. 2008 0.668393274197813
May. 2008 0.674970313194251
Jun. 2008 0.814394765680554
Jul. 2008 1.07601925834041
Aug. 2008 1.22196279433221
Sep. 2008 1.79924996308288
Oct. 2008 3.49808799456192
Nov. 2008 3.25676602650737
Dec. 2008 3.40573505581746
Jan. 2009 2.84118131864063
Feb. 2009 3.21583785257353
Mar. 2009 2.76573090676891
Apr. 2009 2.26000797746762
May. 2009 1.39173215912464
Jun. 2009 0.958905372603703
Jul. 2009 0.355620245371908
Aug. 2009 0.0843455897053222
Sep. 2009 0.0670597950719074
Oct. 2009 -0.137332429577985
Nov. 2009 -0.0125003208026904
Dec. 2009 -0.468134735725282
Jan. 2010 -0.199226412567283
Feb. 2010 -0.00190275848456922
Mar. 2010 -0.157028302558628
Apr. 2010 -0.271656399187473
May. 2010 -0.124361296647204
Jun. 2010 0.0399417642526339
Jul. 2010 0.160126574893313
Aug. 2010 -0.2985417139328
Sep. 2010 -0.0240983703192152
Oct. 2010 -0.0335259913347787
Nov. 2010 -0.155065732619339
Dec. 2010 -0.419308170328175
Jan. 2011 -0.0347422667295692
Feb. 2011 -0.2802843455595
Mar. 2011 -0.318032148302704
Apr. 2011 -0.273360011516322
May. 2011 -0.152614265865076
Jun. 2011 -0.0290868572161616
Jul. 2011 -0.0791818761111847
Aug. 2011 -0.117134254191514
Sep. 2011 0.429728336907522
Oct. 2011 -0.104313962234964
Nov. 2011 0.491777805142673
Dec. 2011 0.262337409152257
Jan. 2012 0.160139726842456
Feb. 2012 0.0352487786331954
Mar. 2012 -0.359000088557034
Apr. 2012 -0.188767269513164
May. 2012 -0.0999300774940681
Jun. 2012 0.142260348989538
Jul. 2012 -0.0307548143311798
Aug. 2012 -0.232017956744432
Sep. 2012 -0.176704387441232
Oct. 2012 -0.203896239831106
Nov. 2012 -0.0724653515967768
Dec. 2012 -0.186421177307717
Jan. 2013 -0.115313646691141
Feb. 2013 -0.0545806000412084
Mar. 2013 -0.119939332120309
Apr. 2013 -0.148499387319392
May. 2013 -0.512032767313673
Jun. 2013 -0.362040050097863
Jul. 2013 -0.0252540057901918
Aug. 2013 -0.129993002664841
Sep. 2013 -0.146776794782754
Oct. 2013 -0.0570604553375129
Nov. 2013 -0.0162736417155209
Dec. 2013 -0.167000211229483
Jan. 2014 -0.319835840156109
Feb. 2014 -0.224053136372804
Mar. 2014 -0.286023875849994
Apr. 2014 -0.366937265461026
May. 2014 -0.381776315899949
Jun. 2014 -0.315262341668464
Jul. 2014 -0.318802042204127
Aug. 2014 -0.315231509742941
Sep. 2014 -0.212050737542109
Oct. 2014 -0.214202959831966
Nov. 2014 0.0600609388176863
Dec. 2014 0.0916388541472801
Jan. 2015 -0.0339773166670856
Feb. 2015 -0.278777768844384
Mar. 2015 -0.123749102404099
Apr. 2015 0.00769989433460827
May. 2015 0.0537624753398767
Jun. 2015 0.150501594718493
Jul. 2015 0.211973804429168
Aug. 2015 0.399065293792935
Sep. 2015 0.537325985648388
Oct. 2015 0.421131600717042
Nov. 2015 0.509235890071669
Dec. 2015 0.687507638100786
Jan. 2016 0.915038656240482
Feb. 2016 0.943032732995768
Mar. 2016 0.567900619463159
Apr. 2016 0.223939960807561
May. 2016 0.236270847410251
Jun. 2016 0.0447087234523225
Jul. 2016 -0.00605046530348074
Aug. 2016 -0.0354574276927737
Sep. 2016 -0.0866478331861691
Oct. 2016 -0.0887496682133828
Nov. 2016 -0.732702671140523
Dec. 2016 -0.248658095868333
Jan. 2017 -0.201165200513581
Feb. 2017 -0.187943180525388
Mar. 2017 -0.179311459437347
Apr. 2017 -0.131907108016794
May. 2017 -0.18305179892922
Jun. 2017 -0.140569988593229
Jul. 2017 -0.166530251802495
Aug. 2017 -0.0960583189800039
Sep. 2017 -0.271011257417663
Oct. 2017 -0.230482100714866
Nov. 2017 -0.147105858617492
Dec. 2017 -0.209786055925185
Jan. 2018 -0.405818251357314
Feb. 2018 -0.251899716904795
Mar. 2018 -0.113703550610944
Apr. 2018 -0.290655202002838
May. 2018 -0.203975274654574
Jun. 2018 0.016923190221527
Jul. 2018 -0.137831222087335
Aug. 2018 -0.107449274216188
Sep. 2018 -0.186080201806108
Oct. 2018 -0.013918188215331
Nov. 2018 0.129777217220526
Dec. 2018 0.320417327819023
Jan. 2019 0.152505978254414
Feb. 2019 0.0418333305529957
Mar. 2019 -0.148952632565049
Apr. 2019 -0.0315175056557446
May. 2019 -0.0456307607005333
Jun. 2019 -0.022073402791597
Jul. 2019 -0.0714880361690871
Aug. 2019 -0.189650311591176
Sep. 2019 -0.266446398274544
Oct. 2019 -0.256739357267056
Nov. 2019 -0.202940279960891
Dec. 2019 -0.316151813521143
Jan. 2020 -0.278062563358184
Feb. 2020 -0.183927133619995
Mar. 2020 1.19696898468132
Apr. 2020 0.643029112023211
May. 2020 0.380335805991749
Jun. 2020 0.0272846746576705
Jul. 2020 -0.185169910365913
Aug. 2020 -0.31077780158919
Sep. 2020 -0.025569091247438
Oct. 2020 -0.231903742777634
Nov. 2020 -0.490461210638625
Dec. 2020 -0.526647066759055
Jan. 2021 -0.677144380283303
Feb. 2021 -0.959527081355614
Mar. 2021 -0.759251186302484
Apr. 2021 -0.500733554648881
May. 2021 -0.438049127019538
Jun. 2021 -0.593417161541011
Jul. 2021 -0.563492013884247
Aug. 2021 -0.488693840805231
Sep. 2021 -0.649796834966299
Oct. 2021 -0.524857721557508
Nov. 2021 -0.444489711929827
Dec. 2021 -0.444306390209758
Jan. 2022 -0.342384352913873
Feb. 2022 -0.207389673418729
Mar. 2022 -0.804484528294439
Apr. 2022 -0.284175650847385
May. 2022 -0.114307984706695
Jun. 2022 0.0793573455525871
Jul. 2022 -0.00914931864437251
Aug. 2022 -0.0440090653399343
Sep. 2022 0.0278175524376121
Oct. 2022 0.0789506539880993
Nov. 2022 -0.252953277003376
Dec. 2022 -0.0356710317458801
Jan. 2023 -0.0596270898202784
Feb. 2023 -0.17417918355601
Mar. 2023 -0.227823899808892
Apr. 2023 0.132346948377925
May. 2023 0.0805241216205419
Jun. 2023 0.134384147474991
Jul. 2023 -0.0229730028956634
Aug. 2023 0.0314957130194036
Sep. 2023 -0.0477807326434465

Note: The excess bond premium (EBP) is a measure of bond market investors' risk sentiment. It is derived as the residual of a regression that models corporate bond spreads after controlling for expected default losses. By construction, its historical mean is zero. Positive (negative) EBP values indicate that investors' risk appetite is below (above) its historical mean.

Source: Federal Reserve Board staff calculations based on Lehman Brothers Fixed Income Database (Warga); Intercontinental Exchange, Inc., ICE Data Services; Center for Research in Security Prices, CRSP/Compustat Merged Database, Wharton Research Data Services; S&P Global, Compustat.

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Figure 1.10. Spreads on leveraged loans fell modestly

Percentage points

Date B (monthly) B (weekly) BB (monthly) BB (weekly)
01/31/1997     2.09188813027478  
02/28/1997     2.08178410192779  
03/31/1997     2.0821313539782  
04/30/1997     2.13128050966926  
05/31/1997     2.15663678327004  
06/30/1997     2.16723470638971  
07/31/1997 2.27865930277876   1.91211795426737  
08/31/1997 2.25519091192546   1.84799350267688  
09/30/1997 2.28226436624624   1.89031225692967  
10/31/1997 2.54870194148935   1.95239138987806  
11/30/1997 2.55227719847765   1.91123857847702  
12/31/1997 2.57766307859505   1.8853121084073  
01/31/1998 2.58328670414448   2.03962118865891  
02/28/1998 2.57724045434183   2.07686434704832  
03/31/1998 2.61434693144427   2.0142442090996  
04/30/1998 2.60471125675774   2.01964906051112  
05/31/1998 2.64727726013339   2.1742561357748  
06/30/1998 2.63838491070021   2.2804004021624  
07/31/1998 2.65298114421288   2.25461214228082  
08/31/1998 2.75105860252154   2.33040625069404  
09/30/1998 2.94176293011435   2.50368333817936  
10/31/1998 3.06324577222541   2.63021214384542  
11/30/1998 3.34669581632647   2.68688948779824  
12/31/1998 3.23167824969875   2.5574278061721  
01/31/1999 3.20045350392008   2.62222216268432  
02/28/1999 3.21252047029818   2.54969107864208  
03/31/1999 3.57072031339457   2.48431663439138  
04/30/1999 3.9333620829635   2.65158887562905  
05/31/1999 3.79734775882652   2.84294180372083  
06/30/1999 3.85661993243559   2.84376703464754  
07/31/1999 4.09639914591775   2.94888708534177  
08/31/1999 4.45692369680667   2.99404771578472  
09/30/1999 4.74567730353751   3.96252458533367  
10/31/1999 4.96156505726983   4.08542737863742  
11/30/1999 4.74194866264647   3.90885983736204  
12/31/1999 6.07594580603178   4.01508894466472  
01/31/2000 6.24211266836964   4.07331847721963  
02/29/2000 6.0743165320234   4.11406244684139  
03/31/2000 6.05480803120477   3.43483075505671  
04/30/2000 5.4393059506722   3.51119269263113  
05/31/2000 5.2455597903178   3.25902829785642  
06/30/2000 5.67158559945934   3.11633077776893  
07/31/2000 6.03340100401027   3.00189608969078  
08/31/2000 5.72920206373075   3.02041146177765  
09/30/2000 6.65220806624019   3.19167801986832  
10/31/2000 6.90970681334637   3.25572404050639  
11/30/2000 7.30996411733616   3.0709693072654  
12/31/2000 6.68883659623133   3.04620716632122  
01/31/2001 6.26216559265882   2.95059470390094  
02/28/2001 5.95037410707916   2.91025142523614  
03/31/2001 6.8348554997985   2.94681492043774  
04/30/2001 6.70873676752182   2.95507753634301  
05/31/2001 6.49519380030705   2.94735515085341  
06/30/2001 6.62316783543957   2.98929677062879  
07/31/2001 6.71076176682289   3.03049463891544  
08/31/2001 6.50998425898807   2.99783463202895  
09/30/2001 7.41861800862683   3.34538512033514  
10/31/2001 8.70615523076835   3.50811202527628  
11/30/2001 6.81765816329182   3.1143087844617  
12/31/2001 6.21014368310919   3.08920974701227  
01/31/2002 5.89286230863572   3.05192671026051  
02/28/2002 5.50244168261337   3.09142866939944  
03/31/2002 5.2230700434849   3.06572116988246  
04/30/2002 4.91982091590623   2.93946018349618  
05/31/2002 5.62215768952538   2.95233394415463  
06/30/2002 5.90371031672073   2.99329172692435  
07/31/2002 6.63147354763437   3.37911052029842  
08/31/2002 6.52683651010467   3.71526740579213  
09/30/2002 6.63805299967334   3.75018611807546  
10/31/2002 7.37496079911215   4.63927393752635  
11/30/2002 6.71848802934704   4.13735824720685  
12/31/2002 6.58138167838912   3.51504977973325  
01/31/2003 6.1042887123579   3.6008317889486  
02/28/2003 6.29662598070628   3.55664378996593  
03/31/2003 6.03170446252915   3.56692318005584  
04/30/2003 5.10701592299812   3.58065733646884  
05/31/2003 4.65926353155153   3.35162084074896  
06/30/2003 4.47566585183824   3.24248905217641  
07/31/2003 4.51259015396569   3.03234954878876  
08/31/2003 4.72497007493186   3.00626932126184  
09/30/2003 4.97967971238535   2.98081491715672  
10/31/2003 4.82321686517537   2.93755889404213  
11/30/2003 4.77608795632832   2.85310817323464  
12/31/2003 4.51467928453276   2.6096842608013  
01/31/2004 4.03029588240263   2.50584845765378  
02/29/2004 4.20273622017769   2.45050495529649  
03/31/2004 3.91740711424247   2.38195219076694  
04/30/2004 3.91963700739703   2.33385804691638  
05/28/2004 4.06261763945341   2.40125276014603  
06/25/2004 3.770043862382   2.34405188017961  
07/30/2004 3.84362793338027   2.25514115056385  
08/31/2004 3.69002375710118   2.20174843523389  
09/30/2004 3.6132191586509   2.13629916371444  
10/29/2004 3.42314267259918   2.10181111511617  
11/30/2004 3.25822348403558   2.07276369311587  
12/31/2004 3.20597759869138   2.01421096639184  
01/31/2005 3.25257792381212   1.98007779319212  
02/25/2005 3.14236991707397   1.93754573405074  
03/31/2005 3.04703913863471   1.85071831549634  
04/29/2005 3.29521581578657   1.82632886600368  
05/31/2005 3.12460567509078   1.86077029367427  
06/30/2005 3.0989292840778   1.84082502050528  
07/29/2005 3.03893426657107   1.76522563810955  
08/30/2005 2.97701212387517   1.68452592457589  
09/30/2005 2.95968475602158   1.72581908938116  
10/28/2005 3.00461148758371   1.77175634695531  
11/30/2005 2.89325453111939   1.78389317184715  
12/30/2005 2.8126312452552   1.80844276129604  
01/31/2006 2.82383799143358   1.74509262913098  
02/28/2006 2.78175102015367   1.68153963246369  
03/31/2006 2.73977196409467   1.68006845983146  
04/28/2006 2.7374360091284   1.66051441311656  
05/31/2006 2.67311713249498   1.72787218226183  
06/30/2006 2.67443850599523   1.8352632973603  
07/28/2006 2.69880906374307   1.87550444857827  
08/31/2006 2.74011534139188   1.86821573022612  
09/29/2006 2.73862697147573   1.86028664985925  
10/31/2006 2.69793073232383   1.82781796313336  
11/30/2006 2.70284182597395   1.96649848866957  
12/29/2006 2.72599794125974   1.94127586989883  
01/31/2007 2.6009438606843   1.91399043749182  
02/28/2007 2.5272169246271   1.74093261911432  
03/30/2007 2.4927885532305   1.77072853120909  
04/27/2007 2.46445680735925   1.79786483048767  
05/31/2007 2.41101261501855   1.7854775964612  
06/29/2007 2.69801407467645   2.01031142193302  
07/31/2007 3.47862536221395   2.82408782626828  
08/31/2007 3.5937015877151   2.99739196770473  
09/28/2007 3.34114476544724   2.71172116173131  
10/26/2007 3.28502814719285   2.63790557145956  
11/30/2007 3.85693642989592   3.06270059562676  
12/28/2007 4.15882970451708   2.92911429296445  
01/31/2008 4.97580601761539   3.74354717570948  
02/29/2008 6.07321224924927   4.37609661511741  
03/28/2008 7.20862322105508   4.32482406795875  
04/30/2008 6.34801131263565   3.68216495273447  
05/30/2008 6.37950640066329   3.58771647847705  
06/27/2008 6.39477656025946   3.86289048424729  
07/31/2008 7.17316958878979   4.17916907289259  
08/29/2008 7.65469664955774   4.23328471212778  
09/30/2008 10.607979887877   5.941421105947  
10/31/2008 17.0496957424426   9.27448359334444  
11/28/2008 20.8910378938561   11.0334418958842  
12/31/2008 24.7612246563106   11.4703036462376  
01/30/2009 20.6985407092928   8.74457510422384  
02/27/2009 20.7549427316504   7.85357321044109  
03/31/2009 20.3194044491426   7.79174615240187  
04/30/2009 15.786038192821   5.7679907102825  
05/29/2009 12.3996603533352   5.56070162593438  
06/30/2009 10.2336164578227   4.85609147918706  
07/31/2009 8.49779936832999   4.18603261946884  
08/31/2009 7.80796562290773   4.13370667387195  
09/30/2009 6.96202796956235   4.00687340822193  
10/30/2009 6.36999188965138   4.19524810650038  
11/30/2009 6.70409102583303   4.52667154088844  
12/31/2009 6.02043666937183   3.88209813583743  
01/29/2010 5.67379035809451   3.69984828297773  
02/26/2010 5.7822661128449   3.81346069657269  
03/31/2010 5.27419835045083   3.49925432468838  
04/30/2010 5.0460927826293   3.42850473957399  
05/28/2010 6.10543623024698   3.98869269820655  
06/30/2010 6.42705157683265   4.16663178231691  
07/30/2010 5.98086462113477   4.01401196700854  
08/31/2010 5.98119702611061   4.00699099853277  
09/30/2010 5.61969456662555   3.88035423998445  
10/29/2010 5.22023899583472   3.65819695629145  
11/30/2010 5.61476070096215   3.70954513195812  
12/31/2010 5.28999708060695   3.68691684025719  
01/31/2011 4.80097016558672   3.50604518273776  
02/28/2011 4.81988837128684   3.52192607285771  
03/31/2011 4.85444457487651   3.43637521065588  
04/29/2011 4.89480425026024   3.41062736021962  
05/31/2011 5.04115512498801   3.57179875459206  
06/30/2011 5.3503277520567   3.81206875808854  
07/29/2011 5.42496965934118   3.82019930449133  
08/31/2011 6.75122837180944   5.11095175061018  
09/30/2011 6.84634418450028   4.68831852521755  
10/31/2011 6.05515839539509   4.01878680390856  
11/30/2011 6.53995760069879   4.24431121818214  
12/30/2011 6.33434552748561   4.15559112077351  
01/31/2012 5.70928828158087   3.85459973600913  
02/29/2012 5.33490847175098   3.80114370520161  
03/30/2012 5.37403609249873   3.75743553343684  
04/30/2012 5.38119550782858   3.91407037181226  
05/31/2012 5.86109397101384   4.26256828632616  
06/29/2012 5.79267347095032   4.24860079202893  
07/31/2012 5.87794053904916   4.10026247259039  
08/31/2012 5.69416190819523   4.16761212907391  
09/28/2012 5.5476911767617   3.96244043750308  
10/31/2012 5.49088784138084   3.8331065872443  
11/30/2012 5.60407425671063   3.83601469037822  
12/31/2012 5.49233823127293   3.84047115766707  
01/31/2013 5.28405064001766   3.71937944101957  
02/28/2013 5.32035062291634   3.861849518314  
03/28/2013 5.13598413524542   3.72611153995014  
04/30/2013 5.0383598162799   3.78662384641244  
05/31/2013 4.86938408394411   3.62152863963582  
06/28/2013 4.9769299524155   3.58700717220769  
07/31/2013 4.82136502220599   3.33340038812367  
08/30/2013 4.92173338649918   3.40972662819095  
09/30/2013 4.9932912216694   3.4562389124408  
10/31/2013 4.90185285194628   3.43042130481635  
11/22/2013   4.91637778364698   3.49995576462803
11/29/2013   4.91489145822393   3.51823397177957
12/06/2013   4.89817100430771   3.52459276910555
12/13/2013   4.87633132064758   3.51926546943906
12/20/2013   4.86250334679012   3.46052304917047
12/27/2013   4.83980360603194   3.39837080463852
01/03/2014   4.83926207860685   3.36962879124066
01/10/2014   4.77494501917518   3.34135203327447
01/17/2014   4.73975072568043   3.3524914539517
01/24/2014   4.73646798787304   3.33811266672592
01/31/2014   4.77016827236739   3.37325313687265
02/07/2014   4.76437119002641   3.36645353532583
02/14/2014   4.73872926184662   3.42315964086771
02/21/2014   4.71526742302429   3.43704694172964
02/28/2014   4.70979052611215   3.32352411407987
03/07/2014   4.70453342901222   3.31890602292125
03/14/2014   4.68132546123847   3.32047207715588
03/21/2014   4.64860397499193   3.30609210897079
03/28/2014   4.65233932128799   3.3187880657679
04/04/2014   4.71830446491942   3.37557489583033
04/11/2014   4.69698195730859   3.40917412257506
04/17/2014   4.71840205394015   3.40264500562951
04/25/2014   4.75595087556828   3.45350745879057
05/02/2014   4.73882504563956   3.40738497428832
05/09/2014   4.73296931694963   3.37252531166816
05/16/2014   4.69847111631524   3.38038639083675
05/23/2014   4.706252086923   3.38948227715568
05/30/2014   4.71765350547339   3.38995151133101
06/06/2014   4.6995774433724   3.40024991588999
06/13/2014   4.68582056857851   3.40250785908654
06/20/2014   4.6901188430303   3.38909477375372
06/27/2014   4.68084523433063   3.37139239803294
07/03/2014   4.66633452261199   3.38307288607895
07/11/2014   4.65857597067141   3.41784123114314
07/18/2014   4.6659170994457   3.41566751268603
07/25/2014   4.67109311730194   3.42556658674084
08/01/2014   4.74805780968992   3.49879613949364
08/08/2014   4.76257888201742   3.5583365069534
08/15/2014   4.80261064709441   3.63192707714925
08/22/2014   4.79454545842564   3.60877405954633
08/29/2014   4.75837697480166   3.57570601648156
09/05/2014   4.76726830882043   3.57521551140782
09/12/2014   4.81951602406893   3.62895900793567
09/19/2014   4.82183648754252   3.63256938129911
09/26/2014   4.90198628546893   3.71275918533139
10/03/2014   4.9731622277328   3.75530829164795
10/10/2014   4.98611463225786   3.78239737586072
10/17/2014   5.14012253202681   3.92146477437829
10/24/2014   5.08514834895335   3.8370866843996
10/31/2014   4.99933234616711   3.73780065651997
11/07/2014   5.01100684904652   3.70667733646381
11/14/2014   4.99526248182246   3.69454860804504
11/21/2014   5.00529508118267   3.6769910383602
11/28/2014   5.03232370180273   3.66995726094642
12/05/2014   5.1397457541618   3.69046140810833
12/12/2014   5.40528299362656   3.91427253842378
12/19/2014   5.51980796490439   3.94950852225728
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03/26/2021   4.2337836523724   2.84058371573269
04/02/2021   4.24216976821223   2.84234060257599
04/09/2021   4.16670358393048   2.79128932080083
04/16/2021   4.1595164342912   2.80930099144069
04/23/2021   4.18816945363116   2.77143980588233
04/30/2021   4.18242223783981   2.80354637622791
05/07/2021   4.18601516663148   2.81382373298497
05/14/2021   4.1895074229372   2.83972037729225
05/21/2021   4.16266527942296   2.81553035069414
05/28/2021   4.15102393126615   2.78910792195324
06/04/2021   4.13752526970911   2.81805168365214
06/11/2021   4.11886966406813   2.80114725876029
06/18/2021   4.14724738665526   2.85726846868376
06/25/2021   4.1674497136781   2.8846361124996
07/02/2021   4.16808501027835   2.89567726643191
07/09/2021   4.16252811661521   2.91082062412683
07/16/2021   4.15242194078449   2.85811178156657
07/23/2021   4.16536742244913   2.89548215307277
07/30/2021   4.21450427640906   2.92057529762784
08/06/2021   4.22990260207722   2.92647601377693
08/13/2021   4.22826319962781   3.08834455886038
08/20/2021   4.25221264339828   3.14229208727937
08/27/2021   4.23584489415241   3.11721155795411
09/03/2021   4.21437164838956   3.09462511718466
09/10/2021   4.18491760590191   3.07190748879936
09/17/2021   4.17651346154114   3.06541969655385
09/24/2021   4.17854494895039   3.06011664701043
10/01/2021   4.16983172948045   3.04855196484254
10/08/2021   4.18336936583397   3.04671880550561
10/15/2021   4.19600015243809   3.0466996965445
10/22/2021   4.18919880905461   3.05453607711811
10/29/2021   4.19674264218586   3.05898863205879
11/05/2021   4.17919091492711   3.05336404260009
11/12/2021   4.16570406060587   3.00451614957152
11/19/2021   4.16870972284368   3.00843875709851
11/26/2021   4.21072794923365   3.03842165372046
12/03/2021   4.28560225289367   3.08382558058027
12/10/2021   4.23950778343897   3.03051359434843
12/17/2021   4.22675301254695   3.0710875292918
12/24/2021   4.2198034931944   3.06022985306994
12/31/2021   4.28037633229866   3.08079993720851
01/07/2022   4.20642763486986   3.02483210270173
01/14/2022   4.1758813764982   2.99231002690423
01/21/2022   4.15720830018707   2.98513963099083
01/28/2022   4.23665026444295   3.03127961199681
02/04/2022   4.24434976129994   3.02785863506354
02/11/2022   4.29586119250583   3.05931500352623
02/18/2022   4.38417918616559   3.15982979231888
02/25/2022   4.46171519927789   3.22983846236946
03/04/2022   4.4537746867728   3.24193603990983
03/11/2022   4.77329785913411   3.50053771599677
03/18/2022   4.72174089781076   3.45360981464082
03/25/2022   4.5823469600073   3.33856216149833
04/01/2022   4.4331048380424   3.17536127110806
04/08/2022   4.19868280571032   3.01087177887668
04/15/2022   4.19981310817067   3.04871794483991
04/22/2022   4.21455467588161   3.01962953336435
04/29/2022   4.32392627002777   3.10274658464665
05/06/2022   4.45370498776753   3.23516224867446
05/13/2022   4.94292401350464   3.63349524195021
05/20/2022   5.09464865352738   3.72478381912594
05/27/2022   5.16713692006923   3.71841676120812
06/03/2022   4.96190902249778   3.48545036412118
06/10/2022   4.99038255375087   3.50535567368182
06/17/2022   5.38973078105364   3.83324796891127
06/24/2022   5.49972919392619   3.88932235681221
07/01/2022   5.87024843598552   4.16697621333022
07/08/2022   5.91197235877488   4.1931917061723
07/15/2022   5.84341300636366   4.13883942268278
07/22/2022   5.4138681662434   3.720255810389
07/29/2022   5.3657848919672   3.68371104373575
08/05/2022   5.18497258754535   3.49514018477731
08/12/2022   4.89893499237146   3.29749471391827
08/19/2022   4.98887241789133   3.33027462506864
08/26/2022   5.07694673634835   3.41590090858603
09/02/2022   5.23012890770867   3.47741643573316
09/09/2022   5.20813916105857   3.45706476697873
09/16/2022   5.29260414352571   3.4951882831456
09/23/2022   5.58069895713423   3.59514583215458
09/30/2022   5.95424627704004   3.8044689405769
10/07/2022   5.74787332032119   3.64247625709545
10/14/2022   5.91973992825147   3.6632204178041
10/21/2022   5.91555830600449   3.57145685899135
10/28/2022   5.9393160349981   3.55280821962995
11/04/2022   5.77744999132781   3.4684290570924
11/11/2022   5.65463490200775   3.43584534830288
11/18/2022   5.51877624984427   3.40342637810754
11/25/2022   5.53338512141118   3.41009529146504
12/02/2022   5.48187975284611   3.39905781322169
12/09/2022   5.49547200452299   3.39380985857368
12/16/2022   5.50482737446216   3.36601559915847
12/23/2022   5.45820522247659   3.37067928051912
12/30/2022   5.47131763392736   3.38462776604
01/06/2023   5.32532752746079   3.24028168773051
01/13/2023   5.0935681262709   3.10548972862594
01/20/2023   5.03228265237015   3.11398051722137
01/27/2023   4.91538780153413   3.08770211990513
02/03/2023   4.88783981636924   3.07568037144501
02/10/2023   4.80035578601994   3.08251777170337
02/17/2023   4.87803879409925   3.2642159953622
02/24/2023   5.0024355210421   3.32613083005194
03/03/2023   4.98220101336694   3.31908353110109
03/10/2023   5.02067218864067   3.41226325980725
03/17/2023   5.4284592280188   3.69312459188341
03/24/2023   5.46015865454741   3.41076956816121
03/31/2023   5.16159891946793   3.29848853008191
04/07/2023   5.10177038801146   3.2840999216597
04/14/2023   5.05150348255803   3.25970723977671
04/21/2023   4.97136536961754   3.27240854456264
04/28/2023   4.9648964189216   3.26087304478011
05/05/2023   5.0727824278723   3.31235367463578
05/12/2023   5.12192944492827   3.37095675952783
05/19/2023   5.14241091334059   3.39199445765739
05/26/2023   5.2714715506019   3.44621535151174
06/02/2023   5.25038727865748   3.44261557540231
06/09/2023   5.08601839192266   3.35070698269619
06/16/2023   4.96360494202584   3.29029499365745
06/23/2023   4.97692064563626   3.30342416330775
06/30/2023   4.81836912018537   3.209455621531
07/07/2023   4.72801127303233   3.16413316959267
07/14/2023   4.5892874041397   3.10757318770804
07/21/2023   4.65031936637405   3.12319738642292
07/28/2023   4.65130846202699   3.11844380406022
08/04/2023   4.72433331333539   3.13965908365023
08/11/2023   4.72097852024232   3.13169296626439
08/18/2023   4.7814995714259   3.13032972809667
08/25/2023   4.77112294713473   3.12093251651773
09/01/2023   4.69536558497596   3.1151301188841
09/08/2023   4.62774780915257   3.11556673686872
09/15/2023   4.49944612308881   3.07473169331102
09/22/2023   4.4967756645971   3.08696070338685
09/29/2023   4.60099862594902   3.13128052544342

Note: The data show secondary-market discounted spreads to maturity. Spreads are the constant spread used to equate discounted loan cash flows to the current market price. B-rated spreads begin in July 1997. The dashed blacked line represents the data transitioning from monthly to weekly in November 2013.

Source: PitchBook Data, Leveraged Commentary & Data.

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Figure 1.11. Treasury market depth remained below historical norms

This is a line chart titled “Treasury market depth remained below historical norms.” The x-axis measures time and ranges from January 2019 to October 2023. The data are 5-day moving average, and there are three variables plotted on the chart. The first line is labeled "5-year" and is designated by a black line. This line corresponds to the values on the right y-axis, which ranges from 0 to 350 in millions of dollars. It begins at around 160 million in 2019 and rises steadily, with local peaks in February of 2019 and October 2020. The peaks are between 260 and 285 million. In March of 2020, the series reaches its lowest value at 15 million. After the October 2020 peak there is some volatility within an overall downward trend. By March of 2022, the value is down to 40 million. Since the beginning of 2022, there has been a slight uptick in the series, with the final value finishing just over 50 million in October of 2023. The second line is labeled "10-year" and is designated by a red line. This line corresponds to the values on the right y-axis, which ranges from 0 to 350 in millions of dollars. It begins at just over 100 million dollars in 2019, rises to around 250 million by February of 2020. The series declines to around 75 million by August of 2019 and then upticks to 140 million in early 2020. There is a sharp decrease down to around 12 million in March of 2020. Following this sharp decline is an overall increase until June 2021 at a value of around 150 million. From this point there is a decreasing trend in the series until it finishes at a value around 80 million in October 2023. The third series is labeled “30-year” and is designated by a blue line. The line corresponds to values on the left y-axis, which ranges from 0 to 35 in millions of dollars. The line starts around 15 million in January 2019 before a quick increase to around 28 million in the middle of 2019. There is a sharp decline to just below 10 million in October of 2019 before a quick rise and then an even sharper decline to under 5 million in March 2020. From there, the series rises to over 20 million in April 2021, before gradually declining to around 10 million in the middle of 2023. The series ends with an uptick to a value of 15 million in October of 2023.

Note: Market depth is defined as the average top 3 bid and ask quote sizes for on-the-run Treasury securities.

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Figure 1.12. On-the-run market depth improved in recent months but remained below historical norms

This is a line chart titled “On-the-run market depth improved in recent months but remains below historical norms.” The x-axis measures time and ranges from September 2019 to October 2023. The data are 5-day moving average, and there are two variables plotted on the chart. The first line is labeled "2-year OTR market depth" and is designated by a black line. This line corresponds to the values on the right y-axis, which ranges from 0 to 300 in millions of dollars. It begins at around 50 million in October 2019 and rises steadily, peaking in February of 2021 at around 280 million dollars. There is a sharp decrease and quick rebound back to around 275 million in July of 2021. The series has two quick decreases to around 50 million in January of 2022. Since then, there is a gradual decrease to around 30 million where the series has remained steady, and has a final value around 30 million as of October 2023. The second line is labeled "10-year OTR market depth" and is designated by a blue line. This line corresponds to the values on the left y-axis, which ranges from 0 to 60 in millions of dollars. It begins at just below 60 million dollars in 2019, rises to around 50 million by February of 2020. The series declines to around 7.5 million by April of 2020 and then upticks to 55 million in late 2020. There is a gradual decrease down to around 40 million in July of 2021. Following this decline is an overall steady period with a gradual decline to just over 10 million in March of 2023. From this point there is an increasing trend in the series until it finishes at a value around 25 million in October 2023.

Note: The data show the time-weighted average market depth at the best quoted prices to buy and sell, for 2-year and 10-year Treasury notes. OTR is on-the-run.

Source: BrokerTec; Federal Reserve Board staff calculations.

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Figure 1.13. A measure of liquidity in equity markets remained below average

Market depth (number of contracts)
5-day moving average

Date Close Depth
09/03/2019 90.2703703703704
09/04/2019 101.676543209877
09/05/2019 109.595061728395
09/06/2019 112.127160493827
09/09/2019 123.924691358025
09/10/2019 132.402469135803
09/11/2019 141.145679012346
09/12/2019 134.882716049383
09/13/2019 129.561728395062
09/16/2019 115.028395061728
09/17/2019 112.63950617284
09/18/2019 102.158024691358
09/19/2019 110.883950617284
09/20/2019 117.546913580247
09/23/2019 124.944444444444
09/24/2019 120.30987654321
09/25/2019 115.179012345679
09/26/2019 107.79012345679
09/27/2019 100.898765432099
09/30/2019 101.441975308642
10/01/2019 102.645679012346
10/02/2019 100.859259259259
10/03/2019 94.4888888888889
10/04/2019 99.4592592592593
10/07/2019 91.3654320987654
10/08/2019 87.6123456790123
10/09/2019 86.0987654320988
10/10/2019 86.3172839506173
10/11/2019 76.0172839506173
10/14/2019 76.3950617283951
10/15/2019 88.4641975308642
10/16/2019 96.7604938271605
10/17/2019 105.075308641975
10/18/2019 115.972839506173
10/21/2019 129.074074074074
10/22/2019 129.427160493827
10/23/2019 133.48024691358
10/24/2019 135.892592592593
10/25/2019 145.453086419753
10/28/2019 148.365432098765
10/29/2019 153.345679012346
10/30/2019 149.092592592593
10/31/2019 150.186419753086
11/01/2019 150.543209876543
11/04/2019 155.696296296296
11/05/2019 157.051851851852
11/06/2019 159.553086419753
11/07/2019 165.686419753086
11/08/2019 165.948148148148
11/11/2019 166.386419753086
11/12/2019 166.351851851852
11/13/2019 172.292592592593
11/14/2019 175.846913580247
11/15/2019 191.12962962963
11/18/2019 192.03950617284
11/19/2019 192.807407407407
11/20/2019 187.666666666667
11/21/2019 182.460493827161
11/22/2019 165.228395061728
11/25/2019 174.98024691358
11/26/2019 181.564197530864
11/27/2019 195.092592592593
11/29/2019 201.571926999463
12/02/2019 199.460815888352
12/03/2019 178.416371443908
12/04/2019 174.55834675255
12/05/2019 164.964519592056
12/06/2019 177.88024691358
12/09/2019 193.592592592593
12/10/2019 202.901234567901
12/11/2019 202.986419753086
12/12/2019 194.093827160494
12/13/2019 161.122222222222
12/16/2019 161.424691358025
12/17/2019 166.140740740741
12/18/2019 169.72962962963
12/19/2019 195.393827160494
12/20/2019 222.816049382716
12/23/2019 219.769135802469
12/24/2019 208.280032206119
12/26/2019 207.813365539453
12/27/2019 193.417069243156
12/30/2019 181.334353193774
12/31/2019 171.05040257649
01/02/2020 178.895061728395
01/03/2020 165.234567901235
01/06/2020 163.427160493827
01/07/2020 160.998765432099
01/08/2020 156.916049382716
01/09/2020 151.543209876543
01/10/2020 159.755555555556
01/13/2020 160.416049382716
01/14/2020 162.771604938272
01/15/2020 166.533333333333
01/16/2020 177.144444444444
01/17/2020 183.661728395062
01/21/2020 188.002469135802
01/22/2020 196.26049382716
01/23/2020 199.667901234568
01/24/2020 183.407407407407
01/27/2020 165.316049382716
01/28/2020 158.837037037037
01/29/2020 147.274074074074
01/30/2020 131.897530864198
01/31/2020 128.911111111111
02/03/2020 130.41975308642
02/04/2020 130.497530864198
02/05/2020 126.514814814815
02/06/2020 134.933333333333
02/07/2020 134.6
02/10/2020 141.924691358025
02/11/2020 142.548148148148
02/12/2020 152.156790123457
02/13/2020 152.767901234568
02/14/2020 160.204938271605
02/18/2020 162.344444444444
02/19/2020 170.186419753086
02/20/2020 161.275308641975
02/21/2020 153
02/24/2020 135.258024691358
02/25/2020 108.738271604938
02/26/2020 75.7037037037037
02/27/2020 54.2061728395062
02/28/2020 35.2814814814815
03/02/2020 24.8111111111111
03/03/2020 19.4037037037037
03/04/2020 18.3691358024691
03/05/2020 18.4074074074074
03/06/2020 18.7259259259259
03/09/2020 22.0038461538462
03/10/2020 21.6840930674264
03/11/2020 18.9273029439696
03/12/2020 16.2573124406458
03/13/2020 14.7659544159544
03/16/2020 9.21851851851852
03/17/2020 8.31358024691358
03/18/2020 7.48307548054383
03/19/2020 7.26541166288002
03/20/2020 7.1147943789294
03/23/2020 7.49542115955618
03/24/2020 8.60529770276606
03/25/2020 11.3135802469136
03/26/2020 11.5641975308642
03/27/2020 12.3246913580247
03/30/2020 12.9938271604938
03/31/2020 13.9037037037037
04/01/2020 13.5271604938272
04/02/2020 14.6469135802469
04/03/2020 16.5864197530864
04/06/2020 20.1345679012346
04/07/2020 20.2234567901235
04/08/2020 20.8296296296296
04/09/2020 22.3641975308642
04/13/2020 22.7197530864198
04/14/2020 23.2382716049383
04/15/2020 26.0913580246914
04/16/2020 27.1975308641975
04/17/2020 30.2555555555556
04/20/2020 32.4185185185185
04/21/2020 31.2
04/22/2020 32.1061728395062
04/23/2020 32.8086419753087
04/24/2020 33.0012345679012
04/27/2020 37.2061728395062
04/28/2020 39.8641975308642
04/29/2020 41.4987654320988
04/30/2020 42.4333333333333
05/01/2020 43.7851851851852
05/04/2020 42.1888888888889
05/05/2020 46.5358024691358
05/06/2020 46.4913580246914
05/07/2020 50.2728395061729
05/08/2020 55.8777777777778
05/11/2020 60.7888888888889
05/12/2020 60.9
05/13/2020 60.7407407407407
05/14/2020 57.7456790123457
05/15/2020 50.3604938271605
05/18/2020 50.5024691358025
05/19/2020 47.7716049382716
05/20/2020 52.1753086419753
05/21/2020 55.4345679012346
05/22/2020 60.958024691358
05/26/2020 62.4901234567901
05/27/2020 63.7641975308642
05/28/2020 63.0617283950617
05/29/2020 59.5283950617284
06/01/2020 61.5901234567901
06/02/2020 62.4851851851852
06/03/2020 71.1049382716049
06/04/2020 74.237037037037
06/05/2020 82.0395061728395
06/08/2020 84.0567901234568
06/09/2020 82.1197530864198
06/10/2020 71.6530864197531
06/11/2020 63.0851851851852
06/12/2020 51.0222222222222
06/15/2020 39.1864197530864
06/16/2020 28.3123456790123
06/17/2020 26.9506172839506
06/18/2020 28.0382716049383
06/19/2020 32.6765432098766
06/22/2020 39.0333333333333
06/23/2020 46.5395061728395
06/24/2020 46.537037037037
06/25/2020 46.3197530864198
06/26/2020 44.9320987654321
06/29/2020 42.5962962962963
06/30/2020 41.8617283950617
07/01/2020 43.9641975308642
07/02/2020 47.562962962963
07/06/2020 53.058024691358
07/07/2020 57.7925925925926
07/08/2020 59.420987654321
07/09/2020 59.4358024691358
07/10/2020 57.9345679012346
07/13/2020 59.0592592592593
07/14/2020 51.3530864197531
07/15/2020 47.6592592592593
07/16/2020 48.4382716049383
07/17/2020 54.6469135802469
07/20/2020 59.9037037037037
07/21/2020 67.2641975308642
07/22/2020 74.4666666666667
07/23/2020 74.1703703703704
07/24/2020 70.9654320987654
07/27/2020 73.3432098765432
07/28/2020 75.9901234567901
07/29/2020 81.3172839506173
07/30/2020 84.2740740740741
07/31/2020 87.7740740740741
08/03/2020 83.0864197530864
08/04/2020 82.9876543209877
08/05/2020 82.1222222222222
08/06/2020 89.7012345679013
08/07/2020 89.3037037037037
08/10/2020 89.5604938271605
08/11/2020 91.6765432098765
08/12/2020 89.4765432098766
08/13/2020 86.5876543209877
08/14/2020 85.6938271604938
08/17/2020 90.7432098765432
08/18/2020 93.6160493827161
08/19/2020 99.820987654321
08/20/2020 102.037037037037
08/21/2020 104.198765432099
08/24/2020 102.464197530864
08/25/2020 98.7148148148148
08/26/2020 102.730864197531
08/27/2020 96.0123456790124
08/28/2020 98.3876543209877
08/31/2020 96.5493827160494
09/01/2020 98.4407407407407
09/02/2020 86.7481481481481
09/03/2020 79.7271604938272
09/04/2020 65.2456790123457
09/08/2020 51.504938271605
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11/04/2022 31.4703703703704
11/07/2022 31.8049382716049
11/08/2022 32.9283950617284
11/09/2022 32.7246913580247
11/10/2022 34.1777777777778
11/11/2022 36.3901234567901
11/14/2022 36.5160493827161
11/15/2022 33.5456790123457
11/16/2022 32.9296296296296
11/17/2022 33.041975308642
11/18/2022 32.6617283950617
11/21/2022 33.5901234567901
11/22/2022 38.2456790123457
11/23/2022 41.1654320987654
11/25/2022 42.6273483628556
11/28/2022 47.4680891035964
11/29/2022 49.6051261406334
11/30/2022 49.2075952764359
12/01/2022 46.8693236714976
12/02/2022 47.7123456790123
12/05/2022 45.7358024691358
12/06/2022 44.5864197530864
12/07/2022 42.2691358024691
12/08/2022 46.4938271604938
12/09/2022 42.6679012345679
12/12/2022 43.6740740740741
12/13/2022 38.2740740740741
12/14/2022 36.6432098765432
12/15/2022 33.0172839506173
12/16/2022 34.8567901234568
12/19/2022 33.8037037037037
12/20/2022 38.1851851851852
12/21/2022 44.0308641975309
12/22/2022 46.2827160493827
12/23/2022 45.0765432098765
12/27/2022 42.3913580246914
12/28/2022 41.3691358024691
12/29/2022 40.8679012345679
12/30/2022 38.7777777777778
01/03/2023 37.9654320987654
01/04/2023 38.8851851851852
01/05/2023 38.9802469135802
01/06/2023 38.5691358024691
01/09/2023 42.7469135802469
01/10/2023 45.3024691358025
01/11/2023 50.9283950617284
01/12/2023 50.7950617283951
01/13/2023 51.7481481481482
01/17/2023 50.5246913580247
01/18/2023 53.358024691358
01/19/2023 50.9901234567901
01/20/2023 55.7938271604938
01/23/2023 56.204938271605
01/24/2023 55.5728395061728
01/25/2023 53.1432098765432
01/26/2023 52.0506172839506
01/27/2023 52.5111111111111
01/30/2023 51.9691358024691
01/31/2023 55.758024691358
02/01/2023 55.0530864197531
02/02/2023 54.7592592592593
02/03/2023 49.0506172839506
02/06/2023 46.9814814814815
02/07/2023 41.4358024691358
02/08/2023 43.0851851851852
02/09/2023 44.2691358024691
02/10/2023 46.6975308641975
02/13/2023 50.2950617283951
02/14/2023 49.5827160493827
02/15/2023 49.9518518518519
02/16/2023 49.9074074074074
02/17/2023 53.3592592592593
02/21/2023 54.7456790123457
02/22/2023 58.3234567901235
02/23/2023 61.2234567901235
02/24/2023 63.3950617283951
02/27/2023 63.8086419753086
02/28/2023 64.1913580246914
03/01/2023 67.1679012345679
03/02/2023 69.0283950617284
03/03/2023 72.0827160493827
03/06/2023 73.0049382716049
03/07/2023 70.8925925925926
03/08/2023 69.3049382716049
03/09/2023 67.7925925925926
03/10/2023 56.9814814814815
03/13/2023 45.1012345679012
03/14/2023 40.4543209876543
03/15/2023 32.0518518518519
03/16/2023 25.6148148148148
03/17/2023 27.3432098765432
03/20/2023 31.1481481481481
03/21/2023 34.5962962962963
03/22/2023 39.141975308642
03/23/2023 41.3506172839506
03/24/2023 42.2518518518519
03/27/2023 43.662962962963
03/28/2023 44.7481481481482
03/29/2023 49.5296296296296
03/30/2023 53.3197530864198
03/31/2023 64.3753086419753
04/03/2023 72.0728395061729
04/04/2023 73.3938271604938
04/05/2023 76.0185185185185
04/06/2023 78.7617283950617
04/10/2023 74.6234567901235
04/11/2023 76.4160493827161
04/12/2023 74.2592592592593
04/13/2023 74.8617283950617
04/14/2023 73.0493827160494
04/17/2023 71.4962962962963
04/18/2023 67.9938271604938
04/19/2023 72.5407407407408
04/20/2023 71.5
04/21/2023 72.7185185185185
04/24/2023 76.9679012345679
04/25/2023 78.279012345679
04/26/2023 77.3308641975309
04/27/2023 81.4197530864198
04/28/2023 78.4358024691358
05/01/2023 75.562962962963
05/02/2023 73.5493827160494
05/03/2023 69.0962962962963
05/04/2023 59.2691358024691
05/05/2023 61.6086419753086
05/08/2023 60.7493827160494
05/09/2023 61.4246913580247
05/10/2023 61.2395061728395
05/11/2023 62.5950617283951
05/12/2023 61.0395061728395
05/15/2023 62.3024691358025
05/16/2023 61.9432098765432
05/17/2023 66.6148148148148
05/18/2023 67.1753086419753
05/19/2023 65.6259259259259
05/22/2023 62.7691358024691
05/23/2023 62.8641975308642
05/24/2023 59.9271604938272
05/25/2023 58.4382716049383
05/26/2023 60.1493827160494
05/30/2023 60.1098765432099
05/31/2023 60.3407407407407
06/01/2023 62.7358024691358
06/02/2023 67.3432098765432
06/05/2023 67.2024691358025
06/06/2023 69.0913580246914
06/07/2023 68.4555555555556
06/08/2023 70.9148148148148
06/09/2023 68.2802469135802
06/12/2023 68.6555555555556
06/13/2023 67.3259259259259
06/14/2023 65.5098765432099
06/15/2023 59.9481481481482
06/16/2023 58.0432098765432
06/20/2023 56.1777777777778
06/21/2023 53.8518518518519
06/22/2023 53.0382716049383
06/23/2023 53.8222222222222
06/26/2023 56.2666666666667
06/27/2023 61.4259259259259
06/28/2023 64.8
06/29/2023 69.7074074074074
06/30/2023 77.1703703703704
07/03/2023 81.4150026838433
07/05/2023 80.9298174986581
07/06/2023 87.4508051529791
07/07/2023 91.3495705850778
07/10/2023 86.7273483628556
07/11/2023 86.6530864197531
07/12/2023 86.9333333333333
07/13/2023 85.0851851851852
07/14/2023 80.3283950617284
07/17/2023 82.3234567901235
07/18/2023 83.9197530864198
07/19/2023 82.4506172839506
07/20/2023 78.6246913580247
07/21/2023 78.5506172839506
07/24/2023 76.8098765432099
07/25/2023 79.1666666666667
07/26/2023 77.8506172839506
07/27/2023 78.1506172839506
07/28/2023 78.1074074074074
07/31/2023 77.6197530864198
08/01/2023 72.5938271604938
08/02/2023 75.4259259259259
08/03/2023 76.2728395061729
08/04/2023 76.6320987654321
08/07/2023 78.7654320987654
08/08/2023 77.8358024691358
08/09/2023 77.2222222222222
08/10/2023 70.6
08/11/2023 66.4
08/14/2023 61.6679012345679
08/15/2023 57.3864197530864
08/16/2023 51.9592592592593
08/17/2023 55.1296296296296
08/18/2023 53.8691358024691
08/21/2023 53.8654320987654
08/22/2023 53.9345679012346
08/23/2023 55.6061728395062
08/24/2023 54.4111111111111
08/25/2023 52.2543209876543
08/28/2023 49.5938271604938
08/29/2023 51.1518518518519
08/30/2023 51.2246913580247
08/31/2023 53.8074074074074
09/01/2023 58.1074074074074
09/05/2023 64.2925925925926
09/06/2023 67.7024691358025
09/07/2023 70.8123456790124
09/08/2023 70.7864197530864
09/11/2023 72.0469135802469
09/12/2023 69.2950617283951
09/13/2023 68.6851851851852
09/14/2023 70.0296296296296
09/15/2023 70.2851851851852
09/18/2023 72.9604938271605
09/19/2023 76.2172839506173
09/20/2023 73.9703703703704
09/21/2023 70.9271604938272
09/22/2023 70.6765432098765
09/25/2023 67.2098765432099
09/26/2023 64.8506172839506
09/27/2023 63.4567901234568
09/28/2023 61.2555555555556
09/29/2023 57.1382716049383
10/02/2023 53.0518518518519

Note: The data show the depth at the best quoted prices to buy and sell, defined as the ask size plus the bid size divided by 2, for E-mini S&P 500 futures.

Source: Refinitiv, DataScope Tick History; Federal Reserve Board staff calculations.

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Figure 1.14. Commercial real estate prices, adjusted for inflation, continued to decline

Jan. 2001 = 100

Date Equal-weighted
Dec. 2000 100.122645411204
Jan. 2001 100
Feb. 2001 100.00877416829
Mar. 2001 100.085571483705
Apr. 2001 99.8782842688122
May. 2001 99.5025327593243
Jun. 2001 99.2974380727089
Jul. 2001 99.4560284165127
Aug. 2001 99.2811683917406
Sep. 2001 98.643303877337
Oct. 2001 98.7880763489875
Nov. 2001 98.767318111502
Dec. 2001 98.9808449503947
Jan. 2002 98.611161328505
Feb. 2002 98.1478361949096
Mar. 2002 97.6165037874528
Apr. 2002 97.1845000945103
May. 2002 97.411593279175
Jun. 2002 97.727480284999
Jul. 2002 98.136685343185
Aug. 2002 98.4483670451771
Sep. 2002 98.9955896137934
Oct. 2002 99.5643473870692
Nov. 2002 100.296546046524
Dec. 2002 101.250802972362
Jan. 2003 101.535818336817
Feb. 2003 101.455405873747
Mar. 2003 101.470300207057
Apr. 2003 102.250540159532
May. 2003 102.944260718847
Jun. 2003 103.354318399002
Jul. 2003 103.780033570344
Aug. 2003 103.96222936519
Sep. 2003 104.216375760226
Oct. 2003 104.889064444432
Nov. 2003 105.636002175164
Dec. 2003 106.12554030655
Jan. 2004 105.992254752574
Feb. 2004 105.939550959137
Mar. 2004 105.989237085901
Apr. 2004 106.574344787255
May. 2004 107.016282732392
Jun. 2004 107.859845214692
Jul. 2004 109.333205264617
Aug. 2004 110.656525816544
Sep. 2004 111.801388597251
Oct. 2004 112.498367226323
Nov. 2004 113.654722416542
Dec. 2004 115.265975073926
Jan. 2005 116.248038362183
Feb. 2005 116.785278625638
Mar. 2005 117.075698084767
Apr. 2005 117.548520379624
May. 2005 119.051510648848
Jun. 2005 120.47536242299
Jul. 2005 121.460509687224
Aug. 2005 122.399305218876
Sep. 2005 122.434865140147
Oct. 2005 123.56154923529
Nov. 2005 125.706852576711
Dec. 2005 127.159834181955
Jan. 2006 127.025221908305
Feb. 2006 127.582606274435
Mar. 2006 127.642164858911
Apr. 2006 127.179178984382
May. 2006 127.03601853647
Jun. 2006 127.208905703893
Jul. 2006 127.231781279654
Aug. 2006 127.349494653574
Sep. 2006 128.328303954099
Oct. 2006 129.408367667245
Nov. 2006 130.07528249859
Dec. 2006 130.465289257706
Jan. 2007 130.859705536311
Feb. 2007 131.158525785659
Mar. 2007 131.154816859438
Apr. 2007 131.557893026097
May. 2007 131.972880758251
Jun. 2007 132.764149145487
Jul. 2007 133.443311645109
Aug. 2007 133.76186729552
Sep. 2007 132.794235103386
Oct. 2007 131.473111996047
Nov. 2007 129.452079522258
Dec. 2007 128.338690439594
Jan. 2008 126.644229776295
Feb. 2008 125.366130417114
Mar. 2008 123.449972267077
Apr. 2008 121.825843679083
May. 2008 119.783854642922
Jun. 2008 117.404615849291
Jul. 2008 115.480913921754
Aug. 2008 114.523158851484
Sep. 2008 113.096569302546
Oct. 2008 112.409479085653
Nov. 2008 112.485216203143
Dec. 2008 111.346177493393
Jan. 2009 108.472721433752
Feb. 2009 105.513850747623
Mar. 2009 102.84383847761
Apr. 2009 100.187652445545
May. 2009 97.5588533300711
Jun. 2009 94.5148903552916
Jul. 2009 92.6258724708187
Aug. 2009 90.6245591576681
Sep. 2009 89.0452073867612
Oct. 2009 87.7000509126643
Nov. 2009 86.6065416403292
Dec. 2009 85.909057663628
Jan. 2010 84.932633449946
Feb. 2010 84.3812667106645
Mar. 2010 83.6559477916756
Apr. 2010 83.2561659261991
May. 2010 83.0636342678198
Jun. 2010 83.1323063409573
Jul. 2010 83.2184089238512
Aug. 2010 83.3114093817499
Sep. 2010 83.5568035091817
Oct. 2010 83.790952212741
Nov. 2010 84.0817925346985
Dec. 2010 84.2195071344857
Jan. 2011 84.03666105253
Feb. 2011 83.7875384470337
Mar. 2011 83.1266870749633
Apr. 2011 82.7926435906129
May. 2011 82.7106565331287
Jun. 2011 83.2163534077695
Jul. 2011 83.6915081924661
Aug. 2011 84.0941981018352
Sep. 2011 84.6337561099046
Oct. 2011 85.410316297393
Nov. 2011 85.9677599596536
Dec. 2011 86.5608515244018
Jan. 2012 86.4958125626402
Feb. 2012 86.3992625718936
Mar. 2012 86.0130303974633
Apr. 2012 86.0117887173603
May. 2012 86.3904389012354
Jun. 2012 86.8456959842301
Jul. 2012 87.3790348769842
Aug. 2012 87.3709997766727
Sep. 2012 87.5564893451398
Oct. 2012 88.2499482290514
Nov. 2012 89.3528032205167
Dec. 2012 90.2371372218314
Jan. 2013 90.5601971539701
Feb. 2013 90.3786657441441
Mar. 2013 90.6975358984698
Apr. 2013 91.3872827154668
May. 2013 91.9037635611226
Jun. 2013 92.4479951123862
Jul. 2013 93.2222903023323
Aug. 2013 93.9448407485587
Sep. 2013 94.6718877965004
Oct. 2013 95.7536528441434
Nov. 2013 96.7640915032473
Dec. 2013 97.5716745223895
Jan. 2014 98.0079353614967
Feb. 2014 98.4442613426465
Mar. 2014 98.6008580812406
Apr. 2014 99.0735359160785
May. 2014 99.5534711570608
Jun. 2014 100.219406947673
Jul. 2014 101.107543880737
Aug. 2014 102.118484558042
Sep. 2014 102.886829166576
Oct. 2014 104.032461558379
Nov. 2014 105.543735894719
Dec. 2014 107.149110959029
Jan. 2015 108.657672529263
Feb. 2015 109.113410268524
Mar. 2015 109.288175715011
Apr. 2015 109.808634273225
May. 2015 109.925651190017
Jun. 2015 110.154671979236
Jul. 2015 110.710195455859
Aug. 2015 111.416415479154
Sep. 2015 112.129486115338
Oct. 2015 112.714516022
Nov. 2015 113.459838775407
Dec. 2015 114.326703273702
Jan. 2016 114.577309939311
Feb. 2016 114.942935292367
Mar. 2016 114.988519632032
Apr. 2016 115.10071039593
May. 2016 115.394763634262
Jun. 2016 115.824190887239
Jul. 2016 116.813947373877
Aug. 2016 117.447465312864
Sep. 2016 117.813022719958
Oct. 2016 118.188738520331
Nov. 2016 118.77587654958
Dec. 2016 119.039181289639
Jan. 2017 118.619516287373
Feb. 2017 118.546967263739
Mar. 2017 118.868231813054
Apr. 2017 119.106802458627
May. 2017 119.734341091882
Jun. 2017 120.413155928424
Jul. 2017 121.280609939809
Aug. 2017 121.681273758909
Sep. 2017 121.76624328087
Oct. 2017 122.483661517564
Nov. 2017 123.012499400247
Dec. 2017 123.553115059566
Jan. 2018 123.378294148229
Feb. 2018 123.437047620799
Mar. 2018 123.909835890907
Apr. 2018 124.259420217823
May. 2018 124.596199612084
Jun. 2018 125.230761229306
Jul. 2018 126.007773199913
Aug. 2018 126.637281900704
Sep. 2018 127.031914196038
Oct. 2018 127.167740855394
Nov. 2018 127.830032220514
Dec. 2018 128.423293162164
Jan. 2019 128.44964844651
Feb. 2019 128.33129775715
Mar. 2019 128.249806019137
Apr. 2019 128.397147995681
May. 2019 129.096339803968
Jun. 2019 130.10287479962
Jul. 2019 130.865352425745
Aug. 2019 131.70743909528
Sep. 2019 132.269291359558
Oct. 2019 132.501197027874
Nov. 2019 133.032063991268
Dec. 2019 133.602324155646
Jan. 2020 133.503109059092
Feb. 2020 133.443688984535
Mar. 2020 133.781181760441
Apr. 2020 134.448366619117
May. 2020 134.105088384482
Jun. 2020 133.221457773773
Jul. 2020 132.87386388746
Aug. 2020 133.367121872866
Sep. 2020 134.574872196016
Oct. 2020 136.10720642133
Nov. 2020 137.742241226577
Dec. 2020 138.999613562277
Jan. 2021 139.674772422761
Feb. 2021 140.054370977376
Mar. 2021 140.301875813024
Apr. 2021 140.584825848447
May. 2021 141.214416872485
Jun. 2021 142.036449238693
Jul. 2021 143.917108754576
Aug. 2021 146.525503435683
Sep. 2021 149.095776606807
Oct. 2021 150.675817864229
Nov. 2021 152.466566076027
Dec. 2021 154.048083174032
Jan. 2022 153.973386750475
Feb. 2022 153.123074451531
Mar. 2022 151.447616868458
Apr. 2022 151.35535033211
May. 2022 150.819929453444
Jun. 2022 149.78251645078
Jul. 2022 150.132926933423
Aug. 2022 149.655988053152
Sep. 2022 148.062888133699
Oct. 2022 145.706432457798
Nov. 2022 143.663459274034
Dec. 2022 141.697268678747
Jan. 2023 138.283506978698
Feb. 2023 135.693827069218
Mar. 2023 133.995498419001
Apr. 2023 132.500041797308
May. 2023 131.650726229309
Jun. 2023 130.957400001806
Jul. 2023 130.63927220084
Aug. 2023 130.018800691266

Note: The data are deflated using the consumer price index.

Source: Real Capital Analytics; consumer price index, Bureau of Labor Statistics via Haver Analytics.

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Figure 1.15. Income of commercial properties relative to prices continued to grow but remained well below historical norms
Date Percent
Jan. 2001 8.42584357863012
Feb. 2001 8.42781520052805
Mar. 2001 8.45107488070957
Apr. 2001 8.40410730346602
May. 2001 8.44598470367778
Jun. 2001 8.43443116623516
Jul. 2001 8.46440192410627
Aug. 2001 8.49047340854757
Sep. 2001 8.52733545888773
Oct. 2001 8.51799479086562
Nov. 2001 8.54194783930933
Dec. 2001 8.60114744689785
Jan. 2002 8.62400970060083
Feb. 2002 8.64137740124293
Mar. 2002 8.66879431048255
Apr. 2002 8.72443700342998
May. 2002 8.67116128768718
Jun. 2002 8.68157821142445
Jul. 2002 8.64184386696401
Aug. 2002 8.58982821139849
Sep. 2002 8.48260787357227
Oct. 2002 8.43809405610541
Nov. 2002 8.40554338196643
Dec. 2002 8.3471553592314
Jan. 2003 8.30715710612207
Feb. 2003 8.28322727474802
Mar. 2003 8.27356465297779
Apr. 2003 8.24578617873165
May. 2003 8.2395341443864
Jun. 2003 8.17967300138605
Jul. 2003 8.16027596059691
Aug. 2003 8.13098768999149
Sep. 2003 8.11598002420057
Oct. 2003 8.10056671563384
Nov. 2003 8.06997997892312
Dec. 2003 8.02691910079522
Jan. 2004 7.99271438239234
Feb. 2004 7.9451084999485
Mar. 2004 7.898685159487
Apr. 2004 7.86078290336254
May. 2004 7.8277375514013
Jun. 2004 7.80676822185659
Jul. 2004 7.76233550634321
Aug. 2004 7.7284870331537
Sep. 2004 7.6550928507341
Oct. 2004 7.60577125803015
Nov. 2004 7.55213085777665
Dec. 2004 7.45094502902075
Jan. 2005 7.41659678044071
Feb. 2005 7.37595397822686
Mar. 2005 7.32358847445548
Apr. 2005 7.25143947984576
May. 2005 7.20465076834108
Jun. 2005 7.13372138256722
Jul. 2005 7.08779184130356
Aug. 2005 7.04124409584114
Sep. 2005 6.99891680849711
Oct. 2005 6.93588917870697
Nov. 2005 6.89820295091301
Dec. 2005 6.87459870952278
Jan. 2006 6.81610787003842
Feb. 2006 6.78439496426369
Mar. 2006 6.74058293384808
Apr. 2006 6.71439165575481
May. 2006 6.68467464740217
Jun. 2006 6.65548344741223
Jul. 2006 6.62453741134636
Aug. 2006 6.59855721680953
Sep. 2006 6.56329141807013
Oct. 2006 6.56844891152357
Nov. 2006 6.56577034522139
Dec. 2006 6.55914230032628
Jan. 2007 6.53838318028966
Feb. 2007 6.52598322532537
Mar. 2007 6.52321332196099
Apr. 2007 6.49560903001039
May. 2007 6.46478687054059
Jun. 2007 6.45319996579402
Jul. 2007 6.44616140147657
Aug. 2007 6.44381193731585
Sep. 2007 6.44307439950393
Oct. 2007 6.44664046122694
Nov. 2007 6.43576555196738
Dec. 2007 6.41815009027502
Jan. 2008 6.42890591456606
Feb. 2008 6.45340891170436
Mar. 2008 6.46698148705782
Apr. 2008 6.51033055664904
May. 2008 6.55819129021592
Jun. 2008 6.60569969480499
Jul. 2008 6.63675939992215
Aug. 2008 6.69356499943978
Sep. 2008 6.74538876382535
Oct. 2008 6.74012544590081
Nov. 2008 6.78678016012706
Dec. 2008 6.8323574497783
Jan. 2009 6.89321127121927
Feb. 2009 6.88458603568105
Mar. 2009 6.93277315492913
Apr. 2009 6.9434142409514
May. 2009 6.98968637370023
Jun. 2009 7.07758203814438
Jul. 2009 7.19229098155824
Aug. 2009 7.2551977588627
Sep. 2009 7.34815016283176
Oct. 2009 7.43476530490305
Nov. 2009 7.46726990080005
Dec. 2009 7.53458577857887
Jan. 2010 7.53535388284773
Feb. 2010 7.57064282921726
Mar. 2010 7.60501325396685
Apr. 2010 7.68501578112775
May. 2010 7.68513363878034
Jun. 2010 7.67507072014824
Jul. 2010 7.63122825810434
Aug. 2010 7.65948063678111
Sep. 2010 7.62322747711913
Oct. 2010 7.59882251144498
Nov. 2010 7.57048501845777
Dec. 2010 7.50046297121652
Jan. 2011 7.50478864979292
Feb. 2011 7.47221919234744
Mar. 2011 7.42012825702305
Apr. 2011 7.38919637086568
May. 2011 7.35846677662324
Jun. 2011 7.30461676507032
Jul. 2011 7.27699432786489
Aug. 2011 7.22734590741533
Sep. 2011 7.20051810639882
Oct. 2011 7.18833922788884
Nov. 2011 7.16596475022796
Dec. 2011 7.1484189898924
Jan. 2012 7.10028578931502
Feb. 2012 7.09489282617156
Mar. 2012 7.07897799086012
Apr. 2012 7.04377681922457
May. 2012 7.00905090632236
Jun. 2012 6.9775667084703
Jul. 2012 6.9633256840026
Aug. 2012 6.95055326158503
Sep. 2012 6.93883575558521
Oct. 2012 6.90203478915939
Nov. 2012 6.87561686028113
Dec. 2012 6.8352579622661
Jan. 2013 6.84289390554406
Feb. 2013 6.8345527607122
Mar. 2013 6.8311116712576
Apr. 2013 6.8079618019873
May. 2013 6.80846566853779
Jun. 2013 6.78920940734219
Jul. 2013 6.7788278594117
Aug. 2013 6.74135845909278
Sep. 2013 6.71932305111918
Oct. 2013 6.72491262448727
Nov. 2013 6.72002365286595
Dec. 2013 6.68852237095733
Jan. 2014 6.65412451057281
Feb. 2014 6.62650575676954
Mar. 2014 6.59440625110582
Apr. 2014 6.60540876987351
May. 2014 6.58892554850192
Jun. 2014 6.57035130461114
Jul. 2014 6.53711064344463
Aug. 2014 6.53920175937688
Sep. 2014 6.50108647959625
Oct. 2014 6.46951992863436
Nov. 2014 6.45979956207163
Dec. 2014 6.42802862125476
Jan. 2015 6.41066675889126
Feb. 2015 6.40588580014364
Mar. 2015 6.39156849544721
Apr. 2015 6.34576846250794
May. 2015 6.31657441895361
Jun. 2015 6.31256118204419
Jul. 2015 6.29895423746734
Aug. 2015 6.27768022964678
Sep. 2015 6.28079985766562
Oct. 2015 6.26051884460383
Nov. 2015 6.23860592602248
Dec. 2015 6.22092210922989
Jan. 2016 6.2280973377016
Feb. 2016 6.2113755101772
Mar. 2016 6.19388118640685
Apr. 2016 6.18858176522232
May. 2016 6.17939528885356
Jun. 2016 6.16912544090224
Jul. 2016 6.15005190795455
Aug. 2016 6.13946116303514
Sep. 2016 6.11839000458607
Oct. 2016 6.10404535532035
Nov. 2016 6.1101643865522
Dec. 2016 6.11906264113893
Jan. 2017 6.10368443107753
Feb. 2017 6.10836778233388
Mar. 2017 6.12548540825519
Apr. 2017 6.14397902842497
May. 2017 6.13321489088518
Jun. 2017 6.11595253506164
Jul. 2017 6.11445493528646
Aug. 2017 6.11090941758757
Sep. 2017 6.10162932700453
Oct. 2017 6.10829120882909
Nov. 2017 6.09919261287353
Dec. 2017 6.08961236246321
Jan. 2018 6.08228030018647
Feb. 2018 6.07520505539971
Mar. 2018 6.05576547296285
Apr. 2018 6.04195949587461
May. 2018 6.03561144243326
Jun. 2018 6.04118906279534
Jul. 2018 6.04327523582776
Aug. 2018 6.03601763537625
Sep. 2018 6.046406025067
Oct. 2018 6.04737051240222
Nov. 2018 6.0406180017814
Dec. 2018 6.0194601897703
Jan. 2019 6.02958259882864
Feb. 2019 6.02242579165463
Mar. 2019 6.03307792103266
Apr. 2019 6.03201535540081
May. 2019 6.05956848130754
Jun. 2019 6.04607522169444
Jul. 2019 6.04807716701022
Aug. 2019 6.03514114861287
Sep. 2019 6.01573431829401
Oct. 2019 5.99735763214668
Nov. 2019 5.9820262647066
Dec. 2019 5.97655959361672
Jan. 2020 5.96921116086168
Feb. 2020 5.97179638617433
Mar. 2020 5.94608874285463
Apr. 2020 5.94017417299258
May. 2020 5.90161284394343
Jun. 2020 5.89815157580793
Jul. 2020 5.86437214031913
Aug. 2020 5.85861180449616
Sep. 2020 5.85909706306628
Oct. 2020 5.84025225962965
Nov. 2020 5.82547257923474
Dec. 2020 5.80223526701112
Jan. 2021 5.77654298832998
Feb. 2021 5.76902795106815
Mar. 2021 5.7637467712359
Apr. 2021 5.76501273743481
May. 2021 5.75890583203636
Jun. 2021 5.74621626384078
Jul. 2021 5.7322732442542
Aug. 2021 5.71958407122421
Sep. 2021 5.68022298663195
Oct. 2021 5.65017496468009
Nov. 2021 5.63777392059268
Dec. 2021 5.59117512490506
Jan. 2022 5.5708190008617
Feb. 2022 5.55266257885631
Mar. 2022 5.53338893576306
Apr. 2022 5.50296473969557
May. 2022 5.48094966792756
Jun. 2022 5.45252187687312
Jul. 2022 5.43944198896347
Aug. 2022 5.42821397951633
Sep. 2022 5.43663981783565
Oct. 2022 5.4573663478555
Nov. 2022 5.46268776881971
Dec. 2022 5.4926252148404
Jan. 2023 5.52148530497736
Feb. 2023 5.52283782090155
Mar. 2023 5.56896671608481
Apr. 2023 5.60459839670514
May. 2023 5.66716956841774
Jun. 2023 5.73759122846028
Jul. 2023 5.79712931675666
Aug. 2023 5.84239202279566

Note: The data are a 12-month moving average of weighted capitalization rates in the industrial, retail, office, and multifamily sectors, based on national square footage in 2009.

Source: Real Capital Analytics; Andrew C. Florance, Norm G. Miller, Ruijue Peng, and Jay Spivey (2010), “Slicing, Dicing, and Scoping the Size of the U.S. Commercial Real Estate Market,” Journal of Real Estate Portfolio Management, vol. 16 (May–August), pp. 101–18.

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Figure 1.16. Banks reported tightening lending standards in commercial real estate loans

This is a line chart titled “Banks reported tightening lending standards in commercial real estate loans.” The x-axis measures time and ranges from 1997 to 2023. The data are quarterly. There is one line on the chart. The line shows “Net percentage of banks reporting.” The series begins just under 0 in 1997 before a quick rise to around 40 in the middle of 1998. There is a dip and then an increase to 45 in 2000:Q1. There is a steady decrease and the series bottoms out at -20 in 2004:Q1. From there the series climbs to over 80 in 2008:Q4. From this peak, there is a decrease to below 0 starting in 2011 until 2015. The series has a small quick spike to around 20 in 2015, and remains roughly steady until another quick peak of 65 in 2019:Q1, before a dramatic decline to -20 in 2022:Q1. The series has been increasing and finishes at a value of around 60 in 2023:Q2. There is also a horizonal line marked at zero. Data points above zero to 100 are labeled Tightening and data points below zero to -100 are labeled Easing.

Note: Banks' responses are weighted by their commercial real estate loan market shares. The shaded bars with top caps indicate periods of business recession as defined by the National Bureau of Economic Research: March 2001–November 2001, December 2007–June 2009, and February 2020–April 2020. Survey respondents to the Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices are asked about the changes over the quarter.

Source: Federal Reserve Board, Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices; Federal Reserve Board staff calculations.

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Figure 1.17. House prices started increasing again in recent months

12-month percent change

Date Zillow CoreLogic Case-Shiller
Jan. 2003 7.26332534373228 9.68021415415618 9.6272758502233
Feb. 2003 7.34821224877625 9.62223794139738 9.75880944235376
Mar. 2003 7.42269461960806 9.57580715168107 9.64979224963961
Apr. 2003 7.50336554811991 9.49427532199505 9.46229343175909
May. 2003 7.58896015990845 9.26053633585543 9.14810828710986
Jun. 2003 7.65022220077094 9.00114573248963 8.91032453200359
Jul. 2003 7.68648472198071 8.81631851722976 8.86086183199936
Aug. 2003 7.7207081530811 8.95814680414197 9.01146476389
Sep. 2003 7.78877467048208 9.36601313863913 9.23579568093077
Oct. 2003 7.86424520720038 9.86596117172603 9.3863960678611
Nov. 2003 7.91725640171266 10.3027300842736 9.57833228048011
Dec. 2003 7.94381869127311 10.8632892350856 9.81517892253243
Jan. 2004 8.00181606663433 11.3561452438623 10.2311006658833
Feb. 2004 8.12949204176177 11.7622325684174 10.6756019636874
Mar. 2004 8.32778330250711 12.3311765575177 11.4221637924368
Apr. 2004 8.56356038999632 12.9956246535744 12.0239098781516
May. 2004 8.84171023086706 13.4927863978056 12.5151699029126
Jun. 2004 9.17549172121839 14.1360411084831 12.9775576071456
Jul. 2004 9.54799693663057 14.5101303654266 13.1377645748236
Aug. 2004 9.88596351055251 14.576751762506 13.1205412958741
Sep. 2004 10.1603455803733 14.7211895376765 13.1529034140648
Oct. 2004 10.3782177777532 14.9778795529386 13.2772865632701
Nov. 2004 10.5868627200477 15.1972233835325 13.4971535634503
Dec. 2004 10.8234889364981 15.4727701603662 13.6360381006947
Jan. 2005 11.0586381131809 15.5714299555557 13.8014355767181
Feb. 2005 11.2633290113605 15.8260470787245 14.0040836443005
Mar. 2005 11.4205472221993 16.215811170312 14.2282065519156
Apr. 2005 11.6017669666081 16.3636922579295 14.2427144616227
May. 2005 11.735813440258 16.2098442232942 14.2914925171902
Jun. 2005 11.8333571834265 15.9980633738831 14.2838161041722
Jul. 2005 11.8564324352367 15.87115236688 14.2838387816726
Aug. 2005 11.8760852570078 16.0241030264364 14.3748780963526
Sep. 2005 11.890630242472 16.2544428451489 14.5058345690155
Oct. 2005 11.8919323394876 15.9755954955239 14.3634037108125
Nov. 2005 11.8663777253135 15.5986895776379 14.0761904761905
Dec. 2005 11.7646428868723 15.1715946399592 13.5123211697233
Jan. 2006 11.5738432520279 14.661122402174 12.9269968150878
Feb. 2006 11.3166532482439 13.8017959280443 12.0923913043478
Mar. 2006 11.0396665402329 12.4997811836622 11.0402235994653
Apr. 2006 10.6988665564952 10.9544873436841 9.97005988023952
May. 2006 10.2910111599717 9.33112197887872 8.75309661436829
Jun. 2006 9.7590860203998 7.49001581132933 7.28403673991396
Jul. 2006 9.10021321543759 5.89823980330726 6.03676048248134
Aug. 2006 8.33508479398542 4.50714623488926 4.82605729877218
Sep. 2006 7.4817587713278 3.31889671336219 3.71037666798039
Oct. 2006 6.63394182638629 2.40697884090724 2.96503496503497
Nov. 2006 5.8113842387537 1.44754285133435 2.20404074135916
Dec. 2006 5.0550555261808 0.362402024575875 1.73227472100382
Jan. 2007 4.39214389808882 -0.538023008291261 1.04518055632361
Feb. 2007 3.78664818266824 -1.38546369883026 0.534435261707988
Mar. 2007 3.17851930640373 -2.68622700511364 -0.306429548563613
Apr. 2007 2.53238901915152 -3.56349421612858 -0.827661312278797
May. 2007 1.84383499339449 -4.21597238032954 -1.35589543334418
Jun. 2007 1.15464472568494 -4.53175806541443 -1.63099431048497
Jul. 2007 0.482553638650487 -4.86647506918701 -1.96089052597368
Aug. 2007 -0.128110867819115 -5.44163765888098 -2.26668835746435
Sep. 2007 -0.676396210400602 -6.34507857526718 -2.75787187839304
Oct. 2007 -1.18462988573748 -7.48146473402571 -3.54251562075524
Nov. 2007 -1.69199654383914 -8.6279705959405 -4.6125360779829
Dec. 2007 -2.19139619025979 -9.7118319601698 -5.39758773126671
Jan. 2008 -2.72756043245954 -10.9009465021008 -6.37040280210157
Feb. 2008 -3.31728865170014 -12.0170211777083 -7.27790869732011
Mar. 2008 -3.97276162534871 -12.6774271090448 -7.84346012404632
Apr. 2008 -4.67934997561601 -13.2593340060545 -8.13155438423105
May. 2008 -5.3586106666193 -13.37939973978 -8.17022212447767
Jun. 2008 -5.99807705949873 -13.4148941216368 -8.26264184201829
Jul. 2008 -6.58609869362451 -13.7279990167833 -8.44245538427537
Aug. 2008 -7.22557810234876 -14.1287356143999 -8.84980302946235
Sep. 2008 -7.82903668780975 -14.9405871712815 -9.60808396605628
Oct. 2008 -8.39175235000201 -15.7378695935913 -10.3475468934828
Nov. 2008 -8.87292473543935 -16.2359948117192 -10.8986069878968
Dec. 2008 -9.32851331860634 -17.0117052406013 -11.993769470405
Jan. 2009 -9.70502577657843 -17.5004817668201 -12.6958148234744
Feb. 2009 -9.90914222693297 -17.0909582051475 -12.748980436196
Mar. 2009 -9.98765492158044 -16.3136467399929 -12.7337701012507
Apr. 2009 -9.97954847000265 -15.0423130996109 -12.1802534066459
May. 2009 -9.95217344584199 -13.3207692235568 -11.2860735241289
Jun. 2009 -9.85000393375862 -11.5819924109903 -10.0516392458268
Jul. 2009 -9.63945453888597 -10.0495171662902 -9.02781968499186
Aug. 2009 -9.29552225736902 -8.68141980154695 -8.2846359873387
Sep. 2009 -8.89048913838325 -7.46146875132909 -7.58446050274844
Oct. 2009 -8.40776569967486 -5.84374839205037 -6.64111585825584
Nov. 2009 -7.75534650201141 -3.87249948520316 -5.20920099955148
Dec. 2009 -6.96855514717157 -2.22668104917812 -3.86102917076369
Jan. 2010 -6.11701004137461 -1.40179739227397 -2.91912158543118
Feb. 2010 -5.38646759896272 -1.41431737501999 -3.09578647879691
Mar. 2010 -4.67244554689386 -0.277666955735927 -1.992901992902
Apr. 2010 -3.93003009814642 0.80636174330296 -1.04804682183203
May. 2010 -3.1936022648769 1.01616078575601 -0.762637510967129
Jun. 2010 -2.60227506126865 0.669299806146613 -1.39519359145528
Jul. 2010 -2.29249975066626 -0.181706728168859 -2.10945273631841
Aug. 2010 -2.17256080003219 -1.22027272041823 -2.81409703325146
Sep. 2010 -2.20788880459508 -2.11692101443075 -3.35494219073714
Oct. 2010 -2.36049412007012 -2.77306016021052 -3.6745406824147
Nov. 2010 -2.71331984458353 -3.56340313972722 -4.13681222117075
Dec. 2010 -3.16146798392389 -3.7126222582987 -4.11155052502387
Jan. 2011 -3.64302228920792 -3.62437540435256 -4.11034482758621
Feb. 2011 -4.08345244298507 -3.55148656717295 -3.71198881509962
Mar. 2011 -4.53804429884515 -4.34935564559776 -4.04596100278552
Apr. 2011 -5.07260407799275 -4.53813073145919 -4.29160935350757
May. 2011 -5.60813464619358 -4.41932036485362 -4.31855277475517
Jun. 2011 -6.02302820332401 -3.92670379299807 -3.89953286845848
Jul. 2011 -6.14535919206957 -3.09322090923836 -3.54408077522531
Aug. 2011 -6.06068926148398 -2.32302652604667 -3.16874957317491
Sep. 2011 -5.81962118261597 -1.65328837302035 -3.07032708664686
Oct. 2011 -5.55216899214021 -1.41202439800636 -3.29770139034444
Nov. 2011 -5.22744892776966 -1.38499978301916 -3.63136370046538
Dec. 2011 -4.90563433045522 -1.00138177921513 -3.88252862120459
Jan. 2012 -4.53284266933878 -0.41104561042678 -3.50258918296893
Feb. 2012 -4.06691196613929 0.500278313125499 -2.71526063598084
Mar. 2012 -3.4800201516712 1.87277344350367 -1.3934247768343
Apr. 2012 -2.77505673919192 2.66322237267251 -0.495832135671168
May. 2012 -1.98687131825814 3.3530364275706 0.255881725780094
Jun. 2012 -1.14730989985078 3.76062371966782 0.85945755547728
Jul. 2012 -0.351399448269814 4.12680986487365 1.36293382042995
Aug. 2012 0.328961082119637 4.64714423017934 2.05938359545808
Sep. 2012 1.0044002208951 5.27446940566825 2.98922736676894
Oct. 2012 1.7073422912712 5.96081456888918 4.01705079112781
Nov. 2012 2.44029860645918 6.93655802741327 5.33401624350627
Dec. 2012 3.16160761208418 7.77860400406582 6.43633942442851
Jan. 2013 3.86108774331747 8.68532410224048 7.55757620928674
Feb. 2013 4.46483753005742 9.37030956048427 8.32835820895522
Mar. 2013 4.94274977731178 9.91852343905396 8.89821152572312
Apr. 2013 5.37502550739114 9.93470981402322 9.0272261139597
May. 2013 5.86449262763041 9.75198895191321 9.0818858560794
Jun. 2013 6.37972584972836 9.39595505554188 9.26171684012015
Jul. 2013 6.77928768387249 9.45284492979368 9.71028555586359
Aug. 2013 7.21093454263137 9.61225746026473 10.1513371570728
Sep. 2013 7.5274732809248 9.9223166305484 10.6123579939041
Oct. 2013 7.88653976193689 10.1379976815216 10.8286448565673
Nov. 2013 8.02639600726604 10.077712943369 10.7043623228675
Dec. 2013 8.09049519011872 9.93049170476849 10.7110585945645
Jan. 2014 8.00871943802811 9.85220101106982 10.4358672302682
Feb. 2014 7.91831279637106 9.80123476631992 10.1336456324056
Mar. 2014 7.80730537787902 8.93106386930597 8.94160583941605
Apr. 2014 7.64407616171405 7.96721480779072 7.94859905941578
May. 2014 7.44207067917959