Date
- Yield
- 4.24%
- Daily change
- +3 bp
United Kingdom / daily government bond yield
United Kingdom 2-Year Government Bond Yield
Daily United Kingdom 2-year government bond yield observations alongside GBP/USD, with comparable sovereign-yield context.
- Yield
- 4.24%
- As of
- 2026-07-16
- Daily change
- +3 bp
- History starts
- 2010-01-04
Why 2-Year Government Bond Yield matters for GBP
2-Year Government Bond Yield is a market measure of the return investors demand to hold United Kingdom government debt. Changes can affect relative yield pricing, risk sentiment, and the outlook for GBP.
How to read the daily series
Read the daily change in basis points first, then compare the recent yield path with the currency overlay and the adjacent maturity. A move that is isolated to one tenor can signal a change in the curve rather than a broad repricing of rates.
2-Year Government Bond Yield and GBP/USD
Daily yield observations from UK DMO, overlaid with GBP/USD on a separate scale. Unit: %.
Yield curve context
Compare 2-Year Government Bond Yield with 10-Year Government Bond Yield and GBP/USD to see whether the move is broad or concentrated in one maturity.
Recent daily observations
The basis-point change compares each yield with the prior available observation.
| Date | Yield | Daily change |
|---|---|---|
| 4.24% | +3 bp | |
| 4.21% | 0 bp | |
| 4.21% | -2 bp | |
| 4.23% | +11 bp | |
| 4.12% | -2 bp | |
| 4.14% | -7 bp | |
| 4.21% | +16 bp | |
| 4.05% | +4 bp | |
| 4.01% | -1 bp | |
| 4.02% | +2 bp | |
| 4% | -2 bp | |
| 4.02% | -3 bp |
Date
- Yield
- 4.21%
- Daily change
- 0 bp
Date
- Yield
- 4.21%
- Daily change
- -2 bp
Date
- Yield
- 4.23%
- Daily change
- +11 bp
Date
- Yield
- 4.12%
- Daily change
- -2 bp
Date
- Yield
- 4.14%
- Daily change
- -7 bp
Date
- Yield
- 4.21%
- Daily change
- +16 bp
Date
- Yield
- 4.05%
- Daily change
- +4 bp
Date
- Yield
- 4.01%
- Daily change
- -1 bp
Date
- Yield
- 4.02%
- Daily change
- +2 bp
Date
- Yield
- 4%
- Daily change
- -2 bp
Date
- Yield
- 4.02%
- Daily change
- -3 bp
United Kingdom 2-Year Government Bond Yield API docs
Request the published daily yield history directly from the versioned API endpoint.
Endpoint coverage and contract
Use /api/v1/announcements/gbp/gov_bond_2y with start_date, end_date, limit, and your API key to retrieve the series.
Currently documented history runs from 2010-01-04 to 2026-07-16 for this endpoint.
Production OpenAPI schema: https://api.fxmacrodata.com/openapi.json
Common questions
Practical context for using this daily government-bond yield series.
What does daily change mean?
Daily change is the latest yield minus the prior available observation, expressed in basis points.
Why compare the yield with the currency?
The currency overlay helps show whether changes in domestic government yields are moving alongside the exchange rate or diverging from it.