Moody's Baa Corporate Bond Yield

Moody's seasoned Baa corporate bond yield. Minus the 10-year Treasury it constructs the credit spread back to 1953, where the ICE high-yield series is licence-restricted to recent years.

6.47

Percent

Updated 2026-09-01 · monthly↑ Increasing

Baa corporate bond yield — latest reading: 6.47 percent. As of September 2026, it is up 11.0% over the past 12 months, well above its 10-year average. Source: BAA, Moody's, published monthly. Reported as published, without transformation; the publisher may revise it.

Min

2.94

Max

17.18

Average

6.79

10Y Percentile

99%

3M Change

+7.8%

Sep 2026 · 6.47 Percent
NBER recession periods

Moody's Baa Corporate Bond Yield (BAA) — 1293 observations from 1919-01-01 to 2026-09-01. Source: FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Red shading indicates NBER recession periods.

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Revisions

None. Across the 12 most recent prints held in the vintage archive, Moody's Baa Corporate Bond Yield was published once each and never restated. Market series behave this way; survey and sample-based statistics generally do not. How this is computed.

Macro Regime Context

The financial-conditions regime is currently neutral (97% confidence).

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3-Month

+7.8%

6-Month

+7.1%

12-Month

+11.0%

What this means

Moody's Baa Corporate Bond Yield is currently at 6.47 percent, which is well above its 10-year historical average. The trend is increasing (+7.8% over the past 3 months).

Over the past 6 months the change is +7.1%, and over 12 months it is +11.0%. The short-term pace is consistent with the longer trend.

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MacroRadar, "Moody's Baa Corporate Bond Yield," https://www.macroradar.io/baa-corporate-bond-yield (as of September 2026).