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The best national CD rates stayed within a tight range for the week ending April 24, 2009.  The short term rates increased slightly, with the six month term CD rates bumping up two basis points while the one year CD rates dropped by two basis points, a basis point is 1/100 of a percent.  Mid
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It seems hard to believe that bank certificate of deposit rates could slide much lower, but the past week was in fact another down week for most all CD maturities.  The results of the selectcdrates.com weekly bank rate survey indicated that CD rates were lower across all terms with the exception of the long term, five year
Bank certificate of deposit rates were lower on all maturities for the week ending November 27, 2009.  CD interest rate reductions for the average of the best bank rates were relatively modest, albeit from relatively low current yields.  The long term bank CD rates, five year term CDs, as well as well as the short
Short term savings refers to money that you keep out of your checking account and stash away somewhere close in case of an emergency or a planned expense in the not too distant future. This may be a fund for something unexpectedly unhappy like car repairs, or it may be for something like college tuition in
Certificate of deposit rates continued their multi week descent with the week of June 12, 2009 ending on another down note.   The average of the best national bank CD rates dropped for all terms with the exception of the long term, five year CD rates.  Though mortgage rates rose rather substantially for the week and
CD rates continued to move lower this past week.  The average of the best national bank CD rates was down for all terms with the exception of the longer term, five year CDs.  The declines were measurably smaller than last weeks move, however this may have more to do with the fact that bank rates
CD interest rates endured a minor dip for the week ending December 2, 2011.  The average CD interest rate as measured by the Selectcdrates.com weekly CD rate index turned lower by less than half of one basis point for the week.  A one basis point change is equal to 1/100th of a percent.  The Selectcdrates.com
Bank certificate of deposit rates showed little movement across most maturities for the week ending April 23, 2010.   The changes that took place were along the one year term bank CDs with the six month, two year and five year terms remaining unchanged.  The limited rate change that did take place was in the wrong
Once again, CD interested rates have declined very slightly.  Market reaction to the recurring disturbances over European government debt levels has driven interest rates lower once again.  Most of the deterioration in CD rates was seen in the longer term banks CDs with the short term CDs holding relatively stable. Overall, CD interest rates were reduced
A money market account is a savings account offered by banks that normally earns a higher rate of interest than a normal savings account. These accounts go by the acronym MMA, but also are referred to as Money Market Demand Accounts (MMDA) or Money Market Deposit Accounts (also MMDA.) It pays a higher rate in
Certificate of deposit interest rates were just fractionally lower for the week ending June 18, 2010 based on the survey of bank CD rates performed by Selectcdrates.com. National CD rates for the three month, six month and two year maturities ended the week unchanged from the prior week. The one year and five
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Interest rates on certificates of deposit were lower for the week ending April 10, 2009.  Although CD rates have been on a steady decline throughout the year the rate of decline on bank CD yields was been reduced slightly this week.  The longer term maturities saw the smallest reduction in rates.  On the longer term
A Certificate of Deposit or CD is normally a fixed-rate, fixed-term investment that is insured for up to $100, 000 by the FDIC, a department in the Federal government. Because the investment in a CD is for a longer period of time than a savings account of checking account, it pays a rate that is higher

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