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Average interest rates on certificates of deposits moved modestly lower for the week ending March 12, 2010.  Although the combined average rate for all bank CD terms measured in the weekly survey of bank CD rates performed by Selectcdrates.com, the rate drop this week was quite mild with two of the four maturities measured showing [...]

According to this week’s survey of the top ten best certificate of deposit rates available nationally, performed by Selectcdrates.com, bank CD rates have now reached new lows for the year.  Bank CD interest rates were down for all terms or maturities again this week.  
The average rate for the top ten highest 6 month bank CD [...]

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 [...]

An internet bank is still a bank. It may be the internet site of existing bank with physical offices or it may be internet based only. In both cases, banks are governed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. National Banks are regulated by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

The FDIC does not publish that list. Although the FDIC periodically announces the number of banks they have on the watch list, they do not believe it would be prudent to relesease the names of the banks to the public. The obvious conclusion is that the FDIC is trying to bring these banks

A basis point is a unit of measure in finance to describe the small percentage change in the interest rates of financial securities. One basis point is equivalent to 0.01% or 1/100th of a percent. If your local bank raises the interest rate on its one year CD by 25 basis points it

Inflation is one reason interest exists; creditors must be compensated for the decline in the purchasing power. So, rates generally are high when inflation is expected to be rapid. Inflation expectations are based heavily on recent inflation. So, rates generally are continuing to be high when inflation is runs above normal historical