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Key Rates November 19, 2008

Key Rates	This week November 18, 2008	Last Week November 12, 2008	One Year Ago November 13, 2007
Federal Funds Target Rate	1.00%	1.00%	4.50%
Federal Funds Effective Rate	0.38%	0.35%	4.61%
Discount Window Rate	1.25%	1.25%	5.00%
Prime Rate	4.00%	4.00%	7.500%
3 Month Treasury Bill	0.07%	0.18%	3.41%
6 Month Treasury Bill	0.65%	0.74%	3.63%
1 Year Treasury Bill	0.95%	1.00%	3.68%
3 Year Treasury Bond	1.36%	1.60%	3.52%
5 Year Treasury Bond	2.08%	2.37%	3.84%
10 Year Treasury Bond	3.38%	3.75%	4.26%
5 Year Inflation Indexed Treasury Bond	3.44%	3.46%	1.46%
3 Month Commercial Paper	1.32%	1.40%	4.38%
3 Month Eurodollar Deposit	3.00%	2.75%	4.90%

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