10-year Treasury yield ends the week at 5.00%, down 9 basis points; 2-year yield at 4.69%

The benchmark 10-year US Treasury yield closed at 5.00% on Friday, October 23, according to the Treasury Department's daily par yield curve rates, up 4 basis points from Thursday and 9 basis points lower than a week earlier.

What happened

On Thursday, October 22, the 10-year yield had fallen to 4.96% from 5.13% a day earlier, a drop of 17 basis points. On Friday it rose to 5.00%. It was 5.09% on Friday, October 16.

Maturity	Oct 23	Oct 22	Oct 16
2-year	4.69%	4.65%	4.74%
5-year	4.82%	4.78%	4.89%
7-year	4.89%	4.86%	4.98%
10-year	5.00%	4.96%	5.09%
20-year	5.37%	5.32%	5.47%
30-year	5.33%	5.29%	5.43%

Yields rose 3 to 5 basis points at every maturity in the table on Friday and were lower on the week at every maturity shown, by 5 basis points at the 2-year and 10 basis points at the 20- and 30-year.

The curve and the year's range

The difference between the 10-year and 2-year yields was 31 basis points on Friday, against 31 basis points on Thursday and 35 basis points a week earlier (computed). The 10-year yield's highest close in the 2026 data was 5.31% on October 5; Friday's 5.00% is 31 basis points below it.