Friday, April 17, 2009

Current Treasury Rates and Yield Curve

Below are the current US Treasury rates and a graph of the yield curve courtesy of Bloomberg.com.

U.S. Treasury rates as of 4/17/09. For a graphical view, see US Treasury Rates at a Glance

TERM
MATURITY
DATE
CURRENT
PRICE/YIELD %
3-Month07/16/20090.13 / .13
6-Month10/15/20090.34 / .34
12-Month04/08/20100.54 / .54
2-Year03/31/201199-26+ / .96
3-Year04/15/2012100-02+ / 1.35
5-Year03/31/201499-10+ / 1.89
10-Year02/15/201998-11 / 2.95
30-Year02/15/203994-22+ / 3.80



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Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Top Ten TARP Recipients

The Troubled Asset Relief Program , TARP, is a US government program to purchase assets and equity from financial institutions in order to strengthen the financial sector.

CNBC posted this table today showing the top ten TARP recipients.
  1. AIG $70B
  2. Citigroup $45B
  3. BofA (+Merrill Lynch) $45B
  4. JP Morgan Chase (+WaMu) $25B
  5. Wells Fargo (+Wachovia)
  6. GM (General Motors) $14.2B
  7. Morgan Stanley $10B
  8. Goldman Sachs $10B
  9. PNC Financial $7.6B
  10. U.S. Bancorp $6.6B
Source: CNBC and Propublica