Best CD Rates for The Week Starting November 30, 2009 – Top Rates on a Downtrend

Best CD Rates for The Week Starting November 30, 2009 – Top Rates on a Downtrend

Last week was Thanksgiving week and FDIC officials took a break from shutting down banks, giving some troubled institutions something to thank about.

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CD Rates This Week: Not a Lot of Black Friday Deals from Banks

CD Rates This Week: Not a Lot of Black Friday Deals from Banks

Black Friday officially kicks off the holiday shopping season and on this day, incredible deals, mall-wide sales, and huge discounts are available for just about every conceivable item out there from toys to HD TVs, socks to gadgets.

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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 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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Best CD Rates Get a Boost This Week with Hudson City Savings Bank

Best CD Rates Get a Boost This Week with Hudson City Savings Bank

We've gotten so used to seeing the same banks with the same rates in our weekly list of best CD rates that when a bank comes and offers some of the top CD rates around, we can't help but wonder why we don't see more of these rate levels any more.

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Finding The Top CD Rates in New Jersey

Finding The Top CD Rates in New Jersey

While it remains possible for banks to borrow cheaply from the Federal Reserve Board, those institutions still have no incentive to offer private customers more attractive CD rates.

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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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Not Much Good News on CD Rates This Week

Not Much Good News on CD Rates This Week

A much-anticipated meeting by the Federal Reserve Board last Wednesday (Sept. 23) didn't bring any news that we haven't heard about already, as far as the average American is concerned.

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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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