Hold on iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF as short-term rates stay steady. Click to explore SHY and its potential role in ...

This "real rate" of the 1-year maturity stood at 1.7% - the actual 1-year Treasury yield of 4.1% minus the CPI's 2.4%. Over the past 20 years, the average one-year real rate has been a negative-0.8%.