FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE H.15 (519) For immediate release May 24, 2004 SELECTED INTEREST RATES Yields in percent per annum 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 Week Ending 2004 May May May May May May May Apr Instruments 17 18 19 20 21 21 14 Federal funds (effective) 1 2 3 1.05 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.99 1.02 0.99 1.00 Commercial paper 3 4 5 Nonfinancial 1-month 0.99 1.01 1.00 1.01 1.01 1.00 1.00 1.00 2-month 1.04 n.a. 1.05 1.05 1.05 1.05 1.05 1.01 3-month 1.09 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 1.09 n.a. 1.05 Financial 1-month 1.03 1.02 1.03 1.03 1.02 1.03 1.02 1.02 2-month 1.06 1.07 1.09 1.09 1.09 1.08 1.06 1.03 3-month 1.15 1.15 1.17 1.19 1.18 1.17 1.15 1.06 CDs (secondary market) 3 6 1-month 1.05 1.05 1.05 1.05 1.05 1.05 1.05 1.04 3-month 1.20 1.20 1.22 1.23 1.23 1.22 1.19 1.08 6-month 1.48 1.49 1.51 1.52 1.51 1.50 1.48 1.21 Eurodollar deposits (London) 3 7 1-month 1.03 1.03 1.03 1.03 1.03 1.03 1.03 1.02 3-month 1.18 1.18 1.20 1.21 1.21 1.20 1.17 1.07 6-month 1.46 1.47 1.48 1.47 1.48 1.47 1.45 1.19 Bank prime loan 2 3 8 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 Discount window primary credit 2 9 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 U.S. government securities Treasury bills (secondary market) 3 4 4-week 0.87 0.90 0.89 0.88 0.89 0.89 0.87 0.89 3-month 1.05 1.04 1.02 1.01 1.01 1.03 1.02 0.94 6-month 1.33 1.34 1.35 1.33 1.35 1.34 1.32 1.09 Treasury constant maturities Nominal 10 1-month 0.90 0.91 0.91 0.90 0.91 0.91 0.89 0.91 3-month 1.06 1.05 1.04 1.03 1.03 1.04 1.03 0.96 6-month 1.35 1.37 1.38 1.36 1.39 1.37 1.34 1.11 1-year 1.80 1.83 1.85 1.81 1.84 1.83 1.83 1.43 2-year 2.51 2.58 2.61 2.55 2.60 2.57 2.62 2.07 3-year 3.07 3.13 3.18 3.12 3.18 3.14 3.19 2.57 5-year 3.83 3.87 3.93 3.86 3.91 3.88 3.96 3.39 7-year 4.29 4.34 4.39 4.33 4.37 4.34 4.41 3.89 10-year 4.70 4.74 4.79 4.72 4.76 4.74 4.81 4.35 20-year 5.47 5.48 5.54 5.47 5.50 5.49 5.56 5.16 Inflation-indexed 11 5-year 1.33 1.33 1.32 1.25 1.34 1.31 1.46 1.02 7-year 1.75 1.75 1.74 1.67 1.75 1.73 1.88 1.49 10-year 2.07 2.05 2.03 1.96 2.04 2.03 2.19 1.90 Treasury long-term average Nominal 12 13 5.49 5.51 5.55 5.49 5.51 5.51 5.56 5.20 Inflation-indexed 14 2.41 2.38 2.36 2.32 2.39 2.37 2.53 2.28 Interest rate swaps 15 1-year 2.02 2.05 2.09 2.09 2.07 2.07 2.07 1.63 2-year 2.87 2.93 2.97 2.96 2.92 2.93 2.99 2.38 3-year 3.51 3.56 3.61 3.58 3.53 3.56 3.64 2.97 4-year 3.97 4.01 4.06 4.03 3.98 4.01 4.11 3.43 5-year 4.32 4.35 4.40 4.36 4.31 4.35 4.46 3.78 7-year 4.80 4.82 4.87 4.82 4.78 4.82 4.92 4.28 10-year 5.22 5.23 5.28 5.24 5.19 5.23 5.33 4.75 30-year 5.82 5.82 5.86 5.82 5.78 5.82 5.89 5.47 Corporate bonds Moody's seasoned Aaa 16 6.06 6.08 6.12 6.05 6.08 6.08 6.13 5.73 Baa 6.78 6.79 6.82 6.77 6.79 6.79 6.82 6.46 State & local bonds 17 5.13 5.13 5.14 4.82 Conventional mortgages 18 6.30 6.30 6.34 5.83 --------- See overleaf for footnotes n.a.-- not available FOOTNOTES 1. The daily effective federal funds rate is a weighted average of rates on brokered trades. 2. Weekly figures are averages of 7 calendar days ending on Wednesday of the current week; monthly figures include each calendar day in the month. 3. Annualized using a 360-day year or bank interest. 4. On a discount basis. 5. Interest rates interpolated from data on certain commercial paper trades settled by The Depository Trust Company. The trades represent sales of commercial paper by dealers or direct issuers to investors (that is, the offer side). The 1-, 2-, and 3-month rates are equivalent to the 30-, 60-, and 90-day dates reported on the Board's Commercial Paper Web page (www.federalreserve.gov/releases/cp). 6. An average of dealer offering rates on nationally traded certificates of deposit. 7. Bid rates for Eurodollar deposits collected around 9:30 a.m. Eastern time. 8. Rate posted by a majority of top 25 (by assets in domestic offices) insured U.S.-chartered commercial banks. Prime is one of several base rates used by banks to price short-term business loans. 9. The rate charged for discounts made and advances extended under the Federal Reserve's primary credit discount window program, which became effective January 9, 2003. This rate replaces that for adjustment credit, which was discontinued after January 8, 2003. For further information, see www.federalreserve.gov/boarddocs/press/bcreg/2002/200210312/default.htm. The rate reported is that for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Historical series for the rate on adjustment credit is available at www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h15/data.htm. 10. Yields on actively traded non-inflation-index issues adjusted to constant maturities. Source: U.S. Treasury. 11. Yields on Treasury inflation protected securities (TIPS) adjusted to constant maturities. Source: U.S. Treasury. Additional information on both nominal and inflation-indexed yields may be found at www.treas.gov/offices/domestic-finance/debt-management/interest-rate/index.html. 12. Based on the unweighted average of the bid yields for all non-inflation-index Treasury fixed-coupon securities with remaining terms to maturity of 25 years and over. 13. A factor for adjusting the daily long-term average in order to estimate a 30-year rate can be found at www.treas.gov/offices/domestic-finance/debt-management/interest-rate/ltcompositeindex.html. 14. Based on the unweighted average bid yields for all Inflation Protected Securities with remaining terms to maturity of more than 10 years. 15. International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) mid-market par swap rates. Rates are for a Fixed Rate Payer in return for receiving three month LIBOR, and are based on rates collected at 11:00 a.m. by Garban Intercapital plc and published on Reuters Page ISDAFIX1. Source: Reuters Limited. 16. Moody's Aaa rates through December 6, 2001 are averages of Aaa utility and Aaa industrial bond rates. As of December 7, 2001, these rates are averages of Aaa industrial bonds only. 17. Bond Buyer Index, general obligation, 20 years to maturity, mixed quality; Thursday quotations. 18. Contract interest rates on commitments for fixed-rate first mortgages. Source: FHLMC. Note: Weekly and monthly figures on this release, as well as annual figures available on the Board's historical H.15 web site (see below), are averages of business days unless otherwise noted. Current and historical H.15 data are available on the Federal Reserve Board's web site (www.federalreserve.gov/). For information about individual copies or subscriptions, contact Publications Services at the Federal Reserve Board (phone 202-452-3244, fax 202-728-5886). For paid electronic access to current and historical data, call STAT-USA at 1-800-782-8872 or 202-482-1986. DESCRIPTION OF THE TREASURY NOMINAL AND INFLATION-INDEXED CONSTANT MATURITY SERIES Yields on Treasury nominal securities at "constant maturity" are interpolated by the U.S. Treasury from the daily yield curve for non-inflation-indexed Treasury securities. This curve, which relates the yield on a security to its time to maturity, is based on the closing market bid yields on actively traded Treasury securities in the over-the-counter market. These market yields are calculated from composites of quotations obtained by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The constant maturity yield values are read from the yield curve at fixed maturities, currently 1, 3 and 6 months and 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 10 and 20 years. This method provides a yield for a 10-year maturity, for example, even if no outstanding security has exactly 10 years remaining to maturity. Similarly, yields on inflation-indexed securities at "constant maturity" are interpolated from the daily yield curve for Treasury inflation protected securities in the over-the-counter market. The inflation-indexed constant maturity yields are read from this yield curve at fixed maturities, currently 5, 7, and 10 years.