France 10-Year Government Bond Yield
The yield on 10-year French government bonds (OATs), a market gauge of inflation and interest-rate expectations.
4.48%
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Jan 1970 to Sep 2026
Source: FRED series IRLTLT01FRM156N · monthly average.
France 10-Year Government Bond Yield in context
Worked out from the published series shown above.
In France, the 10-year government bond yield rose by 0.96pp over the year to Sep 2026, from 3.52% in Sep 2025.
It is the highest reading since Jul 2008.
Over the past five years it has ranged from 0.04% in Sep 2021 to 4.48% in Sep 2026.
Its average since Jan 1970 is 6.40%, and the latest reading is below that.
France is 14th of 44 countries in our 10-Year Government Bond Yield by Country ranking.
How this series is defined
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- Source
- FRED
- Series
- IRLTLT01FRM156N
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Unit
- %
- Seasonal adjustment
- Not applicable, interest rates are not seasonally adjusted
- Latest observation
- Sep 2026
- Revision status
- Market price, not revised
This is not the ECB's own policy rate.
Data refreshed 2026-11-06. Figures are the latest published observations and can be revised.
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