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WSJ Your Money Briefing

How to Lock In High Yields Now Before Interest Rates Come Down

WSJ Your Money Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

News, Business News

3.81.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2024

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

The Federal Reserve has indicated it could begin lowering interest rates later this year. Wall Street Journal contributor Debbie Carlson joins host J.R. Whalen to discuss ways to lock in high yields. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Here's your money briefing for Monday, March 4th. I'm J. R. Waylan for the Wall Street Journal.

0:39.8

The Federal Reserve has been raising interest rates over the past two years and that's

0:43.7

pushed yields on investments like savings accounts and CDs to in some cases around 5%.

0:51.0

But the Fed has signaled it could begin lowering rates later this year.

0:55.0

If the Fed cuts rates, the high yields people have been enjoying will start to fall.

1:00.0

Those yields rose pretty swiftly when rates were rising, but they can fall just as fast.

1:05.6

We'll talk to Wall Street Journal contributor Debbie Carlson about investment moves you can make now

1:10.7

to capitalize on high yields after the break.

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