CD Rates Remain Unchanged As Retail Sales Proved Weaker Than Expected

NEW YORK, April 21, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- RateWatch, a premier banking data and analytics service owned by TheStreet, Inc. TST reported today that national CD Rate averages remained flat this week as the Federal Reserve continued to keep the short-term federal funds rate at a range of zero to 0.25% since late 2008.

"CD rates remained unchanged across all maturities as prices showed no sign of inflation and retail sales proved weaker than expected," said Dan Freed, Senior Staff Reporter for TheStreet.com.

NATIONAL AVERAGE RESULTS - $10K

TOP RATE ISSUERS - $10K
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