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Rates on U.S. Savings Bonds Set to Go Down
By Clark Schultz | Money-Rates Columnist
The Treasury Department is scheduled to reset rates on the Series EE Savings Bond and the Series I Inflation Bond on May 1. It is safe to say that the new rates are not likely to generate a lot of interest from rate-savvy investors. That’s because short-term interest rates and inflation are low right now, which [...]
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Savings Bonds Which Have Stopped Earning Interest
By MoneyRates team | Money-Rates Columnist
The Treasury Department announced earlier this month the new rates for savings bonds. Purchasers of the Series I savings bond will earn a fixed rate of 0.70% and an inflation-adjusted rate of 4.92%. The inflation-adjustment is reset every six months. New buyers of the Series EE bonds will earn a rate of 1.30, while current [...]
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Treasury Department Releases New Rates on Series I and Series EE Savings Bonds
By MoneyRates team | Money-Rates Columnist
The Treasury Department has released the new semi-annual rate adjustments on their Series I inflation bonds and the fixed-rate Series EE bonds. The Series I bond, which pays a fixed component and an inflation-indexed component, is set to pay an earnings rate of 5.64% for the next six months and purchasers of the Series EE [...]
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New Rates on Savings Bonds
By MoneyRates team | Money-Rates Columnist
Investors who purchased the Series I Savings Bonds a few years ago are just now realizing some good returns as their fixed-rate portion (as high as 3.60%) is combined with a current inflation-adjusted rate of 4.84%. If inflation continues in the economy Series I Savings Bond holders continue to benefit. However, a purchaser of the [...]
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3 Ideas for Savings Investors - Series I Bonds, Municipal Bonds, Online Bank Rate Deals
By MoneyRates team | Money-Rates Columnist
The stock market has had a rough start in 2008 with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 10% for the year with more trouble anticipated. The volatility of the markets has launched a continued flight-to-quality into safer investments just at a time when the rates and yields on those investments are dropping in line with [...]
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Treasury Department Updates Savings Bond Rates
By MoneyRates team | Money-Rates Columnist
The Bureau of the Public Debt today announced an earnings rate of 4.28% for Series I Savings Bonds, and a fixed rate of 3.00% for Series EE bonds, issued from November 2007 through April 2008. Earnings rates for I bonds and fixed rates for EE bonds are set each November 1 and May 1. Interest [...]
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U.S. Savings Bonds - Series EE
By MoneyRates team | Money-Rates Columnist
Series EE Bonds have been used for decades as one of the simplest and safest ways to save money for the future. The rates paid on Series EE Bonds in general have been competitive with other Treasury-issued investments or national averages on bank deposits. Series EE savings bonds are guaranteed by the United States government, [...]
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