All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)

Total Real Returns

GOVT: Total Real Return Chart (Dividends Reinvested, Inflation Adjusted)

GOVT real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, GOVT returned −0.31% over the past year and −3.51% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Feb. 24, 2012, GOVT is down −19.82% in real purchasing-power return, or −1.53%/yr, and is currently −29.07% below its real total-return high on Apr. 21, 2020.

Fri 2012-02-24💬 to Mon 2026-06-08 YTD
Return
1 Year
Return
GOVT
×
−3.51%
2026-06-08
−0.31%
2026-06-08
iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Exchange-Traded Fund

Returns

Fri 2012-02-24💬 to Mon 2026-06-08 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
GOVT
×
−19.82%
−1.53%/yr
−1.71%/yr
(R2=0.467)
iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Exchange-Traded Fund

Growth of $10,000

Fri 2012-02-24💬 to Mon 2026-06-08 Start
Value
End
Value
GOVT
×
$10,000.00
2012-02-24
$8,018.29
2026-06-08
iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Exchange-Traded Fund

Annual Returns

Year GOVT
2026 (YTD) −3.51%
2025 +1.06%
2024 +0.07%
2023 +0.80%
2022 −18.65%
2021 −7.61%
2020 +4.92%
2019 +4.96%
2018 −1.62%
2017 +0.08%
2016 −1.21%
2015 +0.15%
2014 +3.95%
2013 −3.97%
2012 +1.29%

Drawdowns

Fri 2012-02-24💬 to Mon 2026-06-08 Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
GOVT
×
−29.07%
from 2020-04-21 peak
−32.59%
2023-10-19
from 2020-04-21 peak
iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Exchange-Traded Fund

Rolling Returns

Period ending Mon 2026-06-08 1
Year
2
Years
3
Years
5
Years
10
Years
GOVT
×
−0.31% +1.30%
+0.65%/yr
−1.37%
−0.46%/yr
−21.46%
−4.72%/yr
−22.54%
−2.52%/yr
iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Exchange-Traded Fund