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The pickup for extending: extra yield over the 1-month bill, in basis points

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The pickup for extending: extra yield over the 1-month bill, in basis points — 125 rows by 3 columns, computed 2026-10-04 from US exchange, SIP and OPRA data.
date	ten_year_pickup_bps	two_year_pickup_bps
2026-04-06	62	12
2026-04-07	65	13
2026-04-08	62	12
2026-04-09	63	12
2026-04-10	64	14
2026-04-13	61	9
2026-04-14	55	5
2026-04-15	57	4
2026-04-16	63	9
2026-04-17	57	2
2026-04-20	57	3
2026-04-21	63	11
2026-04-22	62	11
2026-04-23	65	14
2026-04-24	62	9
2026-04-27	65	8
2026-04-28	68	16
2026-04-29	74	24
2026-04-30	68	16
2026-05-01	68	17
2026-05-04	74	24
2026-05-05	73	23
2026-05-06	66	17
2026-05-07	69	20
2026-05-08	67	19
2026-05-11	71	24
2026-05-12	75	29
2026-05-13	75	27
2026-05-14	75	28
2026-05-15	88	38
2026-05-18	92	38
2026-05-19	101	47
2026-05-20	92	39
2026-05-21	85	36
2026-05-22	84	41
2026-05-26	78	29
2026-05-27	76	28
2026-05-28	73	27
2026-05-29	73	26
2026-06-01	75	33
2026-06-02	74	33
2026-06-03	78	37
2026-06-04	76	34
2026-06-05	84	46
2026-06-08	86	45
2026-06-09	84	44
2026-06-10	86	44
2026-06-11	76	36
2026-06-12	79	40
2026-06-15	78	38
2026-06-16	76	38
2026-06-17	81	52
2026-06-18	77	50
2026-06-22	85	58
2026-06-23	85	51
2026-06-24	75	45
2026-06-25	70	39
2026-06-26	68	37
2026-06-29	67	39
2026-06-30	74	44
2026-07-01	81	50
2026-07-02	79	44
2026-07-06	79	44
2026-07-07	86	50
2026-07-08	89	54
2026-07-09	82	44
2026-07-10	85	50
2026-07-13	89	53
2026-07-14	85	45
2026-07-15	82	40
2026-07-16	81	40
2026-07-17	82	45
2026-07-20	88	49
2026-07-21	88	51
2026-07-22	91	55
2026-07-23	89	55
2026-07-24	89	53
2026-07-27	85	51
2026-07-28	85	50
2026-07-29	94	49
2026-07-30	89	44
2026-07-31	97	50
2026-08-03	91	46
2026-08-04	85	42
2026-08-05	86	41
2026-08-06	89	45
2026-08-07	86	40
2026-08-10	93	46
2026-08-11	91	43
2026-08-12	90	42
2026-08-13	84	36
2026-08-14	89	38
2026-08-17	93	40
2026-08-18	93	41
2026-08-19	88	42
2026-08-20	89	39
2026-08-21	94	44
2026-08-24	91	45
2026-08-25	85	38
2026-08-26	86	39
2026-08-27	86	39
2026-08-28	89	50
2026-08-31	90	49
2026-09-01	94	54
2026-09-02	96	56
2026-09-03	94	51
2026-09-04	99	58
2026-09-08	99	58
2026-09-09	102	62
2026-09-10	104	65
2026-09-11	103	70
2026-09-14	103	71
2026-09-15	107	74
2026-09-16	105	78
2026-09-17	97	70
2026-09-18	104	79
2026-09-21	100	80
2026-09-22	99	74
2026-09-23	112	86
2026-09-24	117	86
2026-09-25	113	77
2026-09-28	120	88
2026-09-29	122	85
2026-09-30	127	86
2026-10-01	118	72

the exact SQL behind every number

SELECT date,
       round((yield_10_year - yield_1_month) * 100, 0) AS ten_year_pickup_bps,
       round((yield_2_year - yield_1_month) * 100, 0) AS two_year_pickup_bps
FROM global_markets.treasury_yields
WHERE date >= (SELECT max(date) FROM global_markets.treasury_yields) - 180
  AND yield_1_month IS NOT NULL
ORDER BY date

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