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United States Effective Federal Funds Rate 2026-09-04 09:00 America/New_York: data, chart, and analysis

United States Effective Federal Funds Rate came in at 3.63 on Sep 4, 2026, compared with 3.63 previously. See the full release history, chart, Federal Reserve context, and API access for this series.

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Actual
3.63
Previous
3.63
Forecast
--
Reference period
2026-09-03

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United States Effective Federal Funds Rate release chart

Market context, recent readings, and scenario notes for this announcement.

United States Effective Federal Funds Rate chart through 2026-09-03
USD Effective Federal Funds Rate readings through 2026-09-03. Latest: 3.63.

Effective Federal Funds Rate release read

United States Effective Federal Funds Rate came in at 3.63 on Sep 4, 2026, compared with 3.63 previously. See the full release history, chart, Federal Reserve context, and API access for this series.

The parent Effective Federal Funds Rate page shows the full time series for United States. This release page keeps the realised value, prior value, forecast, reference period, and publication time together for the individual announcement.

For USD event-risk work, the important read is whether this print changes the recent trend or simply extends it. Compare the actual value with the previous and forecast fields above, then use the raw JSON below for backtests keyed to the stable announcement ID.

Release data snapshot

The values below are the citation fields for this announcement.

Public release ID usd_effr_2026-09-04
API announcement ID usd_effr_2026-09-03
Release time
2026-09-04 13:00 UTC
Reference period date 2026-09-03
Actual value 3.63
Previous value 3.63
Forecast --
Surprise --
Announcement timestamp 1788526800

API data for this announcement

The API endpoint returns the full United States Effective Federal Funds Rate history. Clients can filter by date or match this row by announcement_id.

Forecasts live in the predictions endpoint and use the same announcement identifier where available. That is the preferred join key for realised values, forecast surprises, and release-event backtests.

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2026-09-08 09:00 America/New_York · 3.63

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2026-09-03 09:00 America/New_York · 3.63

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180-Day Compounded SOFR Average

The New York Fed compounded average of SOFR over the previous 180 calendar days, expressed as an annual percentage rate.

30-Day Compounded SOFR Average

The New York Fed compounded average of SOFR over the previous 30 calendar days, expressed as an annual percentage rate.

90-Day Compounded SOFR Average

The New York Fed compounded average of SOFR over the previous 90 calendar days, expressed as an annual percentage rate.

Broad General Collateral Rate

The New York Fed measure of overnight Treasury general collateral repo borrowing costs across tri-party and GCF repo markets, expressed as an annual percentage rate.

Overnight Bank Funding Rate

The New York Fed measure of wholesale unsecured overnight U.S. dollar bank funding costs, expressed as an annual percentage rate.

SOFR Index

The New York Fed index of cumulative daily compounding of the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR), with a base value of 1 on April 2, 2018.

Common questions about this release

The value, its publication time, the next scheduled date, and the official publisher for United States Effective Federal Funds Rate.

What did United States Effective Federal Funds Rate come in at, and how did it compare with the forecast and the previous reading?

United States Effective Federal Funds Rate was 3.63% on Sep 3, 2026. The previous reading was 3.63%.

When was this United States Effective Federal Funds Rate release published?

This release was published on Sep 4, 2026 at 09:00 America/New_York. The publication time is derived from the lag measured on this series' confirmed releases and the record carries the release_time_assumed flag.

When is the next United States Effective Federal Funds Rate release?

The next United States Effective Federal Funds Rate date is added here as soon as the publisher confirms its official schedule.

What is the official source for United States Effective Federal Funds Rate?

Federal Reserve Bank of New York publishes the official Effective Federal Funds Rate series. FXMacroData stores every release with its announcement timestamp and serves it from the announcements endpoint for this series. Federal Reserve Bank of New York official release.

Raw announcement payload

Field names are preserved for traceability and downstream testing.

{
  "announcement_datetime": 1788526800,
  "announcement_id": "usd_effr_2026-09-03",
  "date": "2026-09-03",
  "point_in_time_safe": false,
  "previous_value": 3.63,
  "release_time_assumed": true,
  "revisions": [
    {
      "epoch": 1788526800,
      "val": 3.63
    }
  ],
  "source": "Federal Reserve Bank of New York",
  "source_url": "https://www.newyorkfed.org/markets/reference-rates/effr",
  "source_url_scope": "series",
  "val": 3.63
}