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Savers Left With Fewer Options as Hudson City Savings Lowers Top CD Rates

Savers Left With Fewer Options as Hudson City Savings Lowers Top CD Rates

Senior Federal Reserve official James Bullard said Thursday that he was "hopeful" of the country's potential for strong economic growth as the year closes out.

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Best CD Rates Starting Nov 16th – Same Banks and Yields, Changing Economic Scenario

Best CD Rates Starting Nov 16th – Same Banks and Yields, Changing Economic Scenario

Aside from having to deal with dismal CD rates, economic developments gave consumers little to rejoice about over the past week.

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Best Rates for Short Term CDs Fall, But Top Long Term CD Rates Hold Their Own Starting November 9, 2009

Best Rates for Short Term CDs Fall, But Top Long Term CD Rates Hold Their Own Starting November 9, 2009

Five more banks fell into the receivership of the FDIC last Friday, the largest of which is San Francisco-based United Commercial Bank with $11.2 billion in assets, and is said to cost the Deposit Insurance Fund of the FDIC some $1.4 billion.

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CD Rate Averages Continue to Slide Despite Economic Developments

CD Rate Averages Continue to Slide Despite Economic Developments

The past few days have brought on a smattering of welcome news, not only for the US economy, but also for consumers and businesses which need good news the most.

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Banks Maintain Top CD Rates for This Week Starting November 2nd, 2009

Banks Maintain Top CD Rates for This Week Starting November 2nd, 2009

Economic data for the past week showed an economy that's not quite back on track yet.

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Umbrella Bank’s 12 Month CD Does it Again with 2.20% APY

Umbrella Bank’s 12 Month CD Does it Again with 2.20% APY

Umbrella Direct keeps pushing the upper limit with its 12 month CD rate.  On October 29th the Bank raised their 12 month CD by 0.04% putting it in the number one spot in our rate tables with a 2.10% APY.  

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Mortgage Rates Are on the Rise, But What About CD Rates?

Mortgage Rates Are on the Rise, But What About CD Rates?

For the third straight week, interest rates for 30-year home loans rose to 5.03%, up from 5.00% only a week before, according to mortgage firm Freddie Mac. Despite this development, mortgage rates are still attractive enough for potential home buyers or those looking for a refinance to take notice.

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Umbrella Bank Posts Highest 12-month CD Rate

Umbrella Bank Posts Highest 12-month CD Rate

Yesterday, October 29th, Umbrella Bank increased their 12 month CD by 0.04% putting it in the number one spot in our rate tables with a 2.10% APY.

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Citibank Credit Card Interest Skyrockets In Anticipation of Federal Regulation

Citibank Credit Card Interest Skyrockets In Anticipation of Federal Regulation

Credit card customers may need the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act sooner than they thought.  

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Best CD Rates Hold Their Own This Week

Best CD Rates Hold Their Own This Week

News of the number of bank failures topping the 100 mark (106 to be exact) hit last weekend, bringing to attention the serious plight that many of the country's smaller banks still face.

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