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5-Year Government Bond Yield (USD)

Reference information for 5-Year Government Bond Yield.

Latest reading: 0.97 (2016-07-07)  ·  Percent

Category: Government Bond Yields

API Endpoint

/api/v1/announcements/usd/gov_bond_5y

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About 5-Year Government Bond Yield (USD)

The 5-year government bond yield for United States reflects the market's medium-term outlook for growth and inflation. It sits between the policy-sensitive 2-year and the long-run growth/inflation-dominated 10-year yield.

Why FX traders watch it

The 5-year yield is an important input for mortgage rate pricing in many economies and reflects the market's assessment of whether central bank policy will succeed in returning inflation to target.

How to interpret the data

A rising 5-year yield alongside a rising 2-year yield signals broad market confidence that policy tightening will be sustained—usd-positive. Flattening or inverting of the 5s-10s spread signals growth concerns.

Historical 5-Year Government Bond Yield (USD)

Source: FRED (Treasury)  ·  Daily  ·  Percent

Data provided by FXMacroData via the /api/v1/announcements/usd/gov_bond_5y endpoint. For access, see pricing.

Data Source

Primary Source

FRED (Treasury)

Official Series ID

DGS5

Data Format and Properties

Data Frequency

Daily

Unit of Measure

Percent

JSON Response Structure

The endpoint returns a chronological list of observations in JSON format. 

{
    "currency": "USD",
    "indicator": "gov_bond_5y",
    "has_official_forecast": false,
    "start_date": "2023-01-01",
    "end_date": "2023-12-31",
    "data": [
        {
            "date": "2024-07-01",
            "val": 4.2,
            "announcement_datetime": 1722456000
        }
    ]
}

Request Parameters & Usage

Parameter Required Format Description
start_date NO YYYY-MM-DD Optional lower bound for the requested history.
end_date NO YYYY-MM-DD Optional upper bound. Defaults to the current date.
api_key CONDITIONAL string Required for non-USD announcement requests. USD announcement requests are public without an API key.

Example Usage

To retrieve 5-Year Government Bond Yield data for USD from 2023: 

GET https://fxmacrodata.com/api/v1/announcements/usd/gov_bond_5y?start_date=2023-01-01&end_date=2023-12-31