Personal Finance Blog By MoneyRates - The Economy The Fed And Interest Rates

Soon after an advance GDP report indicated strengthening growth, an earnings disappointment from Amazon cast doubt over the economic recovery.

The President proposed several things in his fourth State of the Union address. Find out what they could mean for deposit accounts.

A new Fed policy is designed to increase transparency, but the forecasts involved could also misguide investors and undermine policy.

With oil prices rising again, deposit accounts may lose more ground to inflation.

Campaign rhetoric and uncertainty of overseas economies have many investors retreating to the sidelines.

The Fed's announcement of its "Operation Twist" got a severe reaction from the stock market, but it's a non-event for those with most of their assets in savings and money market accounts.

Find out why decisive action might be the most important outcome to the jobs debate, for the economy and for savings accounts.

President Obama's address to Congress on jobs has important implications for deposit accounts.

The government has few options to address the financial crisis--and CD, savings and money market rates may suffer as a result.

There are pluses and minuses to how the Dodd-Frank law affects savings accounts and checking accounts. Find out what it means for your deposit accounts.