Aly J. Yale is a contributing writer for the Managing Your Money section for CBSNews.com, covering various personal finance topics, including investing, homebuying, loans and more. With inflation ...

Rates on three-month CDs have remained the same from a week ago. The national average rate was 1.34% as of September 13, 2024, the latest data available, the same as the previous week and up three ...

Joshua Rodriguez is a personal finance and investing writer with a passion for his craft. When he's not working, he enjoys time with his wife, two kids and two dogs. If you have a traditional savings ...

Kelly is a former editor for CNET Money covering banking. She has over 10 years of experience in personal finance and previously wrote for CBS MoneyWatch covering banking, investing, insurance and ...

CD rates are slowly slipping as we move deeper into October. After the Fed's rate cut in September, plenty of banks have already dropped their top APYs -- and with another Fed meeting on the calendar ...

There’s a high probability that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates at its September 16-17 meeting, according to interest rate traders. Indeed, the CME FedWatch Tool indicates an 87.1% ...

With interest rates about to drop, savers will need to reexamine their investment strategies sooner rather than later. Certificates of deposit (CDs) have been a saver’s delight as the Federal Reserve ...

Robin Hartill is a Florida-based Certified Financial Planner and a longtime financial editor and writer. Her work regularly appears on The Motley Fool, Yahoo! Finance and Nerdwallet. Previously, she ...

In today's economic climate, in which inflation just ticked up, interest rates are frozen at a high level and market predictions are all over the place, it can be daunting to think about where to keep ...

The Federal Reserve is likely to cut interest rates soon -- and some banks are already lowering their CD rates. Some 5-year CDs still pay over 4.00% APY. Five years is a long time to lock up your ...