The above chart comes from Bank of America’s The Longest Pictures report, which illustrates trends in the economy, interest rates and financial markets in recent decades and centuries.

While still elevated compared to recent history, the best savings account yields dropped as a result. The Fed began 2025, though, by keeping interest rates unchanged, and is only expect to pare ...

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 ...

The Federal Reserve publishes a chart of historical interest rates for 3-month CDs. It currently shows monthly rates from June 1964 through December 2023. Read next ...

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.

Our Chart of the Day is from Ned Davis Research, which points to one indicator that shows the economy is still holding up well despite a tripling in interest rates. The research firm highlighted ...

what moves interest rates and how rates have impacted the housing market throughout history. The graphic above shows how mortgage rates have fluctuated over the past five decades. It's evident ...

Rates remained low until March 2022 when the Fed began its current cycle of interest rate hikes, an effort that has included raising its benchmark rate 11 times, bringing the federal funds rate to ...