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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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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Online Banks Dominate the Best CD Rates for Week Starting October 12, 2009

Online Banks Dominate the Best CD Rates for Week Starting October 12, 2009

The past week ended quietly for the FDIC last Friday – at least as far as bank failures are concerned. This is the first time in three months that no bank was closed over the weekend, even as the number of closures for this year nears the 100th mark.

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Top CD Rates Remain Unchanged For The Week Starting September 28, 2009

Top CD Rates Remain Unchanged For The Week Starting September 28, 2009

Even as some CD averages inched downward the past week, our best CD rates remain the same including the banks offering them.

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Best CD Rates Maintained for This Week – But Are Changes Coming?

Best CD Rates Maintained for This Week – But Are Changes Coming?

This week is crucial for banks, business groups, investors, and depositors alike as the Fed holds a two-day meeting to decide on whether it is still feasible to keep interest rates at the historically low levels they are in now – close to zero.

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This Week’s Best CD Rates Rounded Up

This Week’s Best CD Rates Rounded Up

It looks like things are looking up a bit for consumers. With the first phase of the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility, and Disclosure (CARD) Act of 2009 taking effect

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Top CD Rates For The Week June 29, 2009

Top CD Rates For The Week June 29, 2009

For the most part, bank CD rates went down last week, although some banks did up their rates by a few percentage points. On the whole however, CD rates have continued their steady decline as has been the trend for the past weeks.

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A Roundup of the Top Bank Rates for the Week: Plus Other Banking Services Worth Checking Out

With investment rates seemingly headed for rock-bottom, it's always good to know that there are still banks out there that offer rates much higher than the going national average.

Here's the latest recap of the best account alternatives this week based primarily on interest rates and minimum balances that should be deposited or maintained.

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