Federal Funds Target Range - Upper Limit

Upper limit of the federal funds target range the FOMC sets by decision — the announced policy instrument, not the transacted rate that trades near it (that reading is FEDFUNDS/DFF, under overnight-rate). Replaces DFEDTAR, which stopped publishing 2008-12-15 when the FOMC moved from a single target to a range; the upper limit is used here because it is both the number FOMC statements and coverage headline and the direct successor to DFEDTAR's single value.

3.75

Percent

Updated 2026-08-31 · daily Stable

Federal Funds Target Range - Upper Limit — latest reading: 3.75 percent. As of August 2026, it is unchanged over the past 12 months, above its 10-year average. Source: DFEDTARU, US Federal Reserve Board, published daily. Reported as published, without transformation; the publisher may revise it.

Min

0.25

Max

5.50

Average

1.94

10Y Percentile

62%

3M Change

+0.0%

Aug 2026 · 3.75 Percent
NBER recession periods

Federal Funds Target Range - Upper Limit (DFEDTARU) — 5000 observations from 2012-12-23 to 2026-08-31. 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, Federal Funds Target Range - Upper Limit 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 (63% confidence).

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3-Month

+0.0%

6-Month

+0.0%

12-Month

+0.0%

What this means

Federal Funds Target Range - Upper Limit is currently at 3.75 percent, which is above its 10-year historical average. The trend is stable (+0.0% over the past 3 months).

Over the past 6 months the change is +0.0%, and over 12 months it is +0.0%. The short-term pace is consistent with the longer trend.

Cite this page

MacroRadar, "Federal Funds Target Range - Upper Limit," https://www.macroradar.io/federal-funds-target-range-upper-limit (as of August 2026).