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Plain-English explainers for every chart on the site - each one goes from a two-sentence answer down to expert-level detail, with sources. Pick a question:
A picture of how much interest the U.S. government pays to borrow money for different lengths of time.
A red flag from the bond market - short-term interest rates ending up higher than long-term ones.
The Federal Reserve's main interest-rate lever - what banks charge each other for overnight loans.
What big financial institutions pay to borrow cash overnight against U.S. Treasury collateral.
An old, discontinued benchmark interest rate - replaced after banks were caught rigging it.
Each major currency has its own overnight benchmark interest rate - the post-LIBOR replacements.
The U.S. 30-year mortgage rate comes from two big sources: Freddie Mac's weekly PMMS index and Optimal Blue's daily lock data.
Your credit score is one of the biggest things that decides what mortgage rate a lender offers you.
Two different things both get called the 'savings rate' - and they answer different questions.
How much the U.S. government owes, and the legal cap Congress sets on that borrowing.
A chart the Fed publishes 4 times a year showing where each Fed official thinks interest rates should go.
CPI is the most common U.S. inflation measure. 'Core' CPI drops food and energy so price spikes don't muddy the signal.
The Federal Reserve's preferred inflation measure. When you hear 'the Fed's 2% target,' this is what they mean.
The inflation rate the bond market is betting on, derived from the gap between regular Treasury and TIPS yields.
There isn't one 'inflation number.' Different measures look at prices differently and often disagree short-term.
The dates that move interest rates - Fed meetings, jobs reports, inflation reports, and Treasury auctions.
How the U.S. government actually borrows money - it auctions new bonds to buyers and lets them set the rate.
Official "what if" futures for interest rates - the paths insurance regulators make insurers test against.