CD interest rates are loosely based on the ... according to the St. Louis Fed’s 3-month historical CD rates chart. While rates were high in the 1980s, they steadily fell thereafter, reaching ...

But looking back on CD history, we see periods where rates sat just above zero for years on end—while at other times, you could earn a remarkable double-digit interest rate on your savings.

TNX broke above the 50-day moving average and minor overhead resistance at $44 today. If the $45 level gives way, it opens ...

CD rates move in tandem with the federal funds rate, the benchmark interest rate set by the Federal Reserve. Yields on CDs rose above 10% in the early 1980s when the Fed set interest rates well ...

The Berenberg economics team led by Holger Schmieding produced this striking chart, showing how interest-rate expectations ...

Between tech busts, a financial crisis and a pandemic, not to mention periods of too little inflation and too much, the nation’s central bank has used short-term interest rates, along with other ...

The Federal Reserve is meeting this week, and economists are predicting policymakers will launch the first interest ... to history for some clues. Image source: Getty Images. Why is a rate cut ...

The Federal Reserve held borrowing costs steady on Wednesday, opting not to cut its benchmark interest rate — known as the federal funds rate — for credit cards, loans and auto financing.