# Bonds and the Ten Year Interest Rate

DevFeed: [Bonds and the Ten Year Interest Rate](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/bonds-and-the-ten-year-interest-rate-36272.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/bonds-and-the-ten-year-interest-rate/>)

Published: 2022-10-31T12:29:37Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Bert Hubert's writings](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/bert-hubert-s-writings.md>)

Topics: [Benchmark](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/benchmark.md>), [Go Language](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/go-language.md>)

Tags: [benchmark](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/benchmark.md>), [calculator](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/calculator.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [finance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/finance.md>), [financial](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/financial.md>)

## AI overview

This article explains how the ten-year interest rate is derived from government bond yields. It emphasizes that the benchmark is not a directly measured physical quantity: the reference bond can change, suitable bonds may be unavailable, and calculating the rate requires solving an equation iteratively. The article includes a built-in calculator and notes that it is not investment advice.

## Source excerpt

So in these wild times, the "ten year interest rate" is suddenly in the news again. But what does this mean? There is no committee that sets these rates, but it is also not something you can just measure. While you'll find various other explanations of how to calculate the 10 year interest rate online, this may be the geekiest one, and definitely is the only one with a built-in calculator.