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2 Year Treasury Yield API

The 2-year Treasury yield — the short leg of the closely-watched 2s10s spread.

Retrieve the 2 Year Treasury yield programmatically with the Treasury Yield API. The current value is available on the full yield curve, and the complete history is available as a time series using the year_2 maturity code.

As of the latest reading, the 2 Year Treasury par yield was 4.25%. Data is sourced from the U.S. Department of the Treasury and updated every business day.

Current 2 Year yield

The 2 Year rate is included in the current yield curve from /v1/treasuryyield (field year_2 in rates):

{
  "date": "2026-08-10",
  "type": "par",
  "maturity": "year_2",
  "rate_pct": 4.25
}

Historical 2 Year yield

Get the 2 Year time series from /v1/treasuryyieldhistorical?maturity=year_2:

{
  "type": "par",
  "maturity": "year_2",
  "data": [
    {
      "date": "2026-08-05",
      "rate_pct": 4.25
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-08-06",
      "rate_pct": 4.24
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-08-07",
      "rate_pct": 4.19
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-08-10",
      "rate_pct": 4.25
    }
  ]
}

Related

  • Treasury Yield API — full curve (par, real/TIPS, and bill rates) plus 2s10s / 3m10s spreads.
  • Interest Rate API — central bank policy rates and benchmark rates (SOFR, EURIBOR).
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1 2 curl -X GET "https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/treasuryyieldhistorical?maturity=year_2" \ -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

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