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 ...

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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.

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 ...

Anticipation of the end of interest-rate increases and ... As the following chart shows, there have been three major rate-cutting cycles since 2000. The Fed cut rates starting in 2000 as the ...