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WSJ Your Money Briefing

Where Savers Could Put Their Cash After the Fed’s Interest-Rate Increase

WSJ Your Money Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

News, Business News

3.81.6K Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

As the Federal Reserve has raised interest rates to their highest level in 22 years, traditional saving methods have become more attractive. WSJ personal-finance reporter Oyin Adedoyin joins host J.R. Whalen to discuss where savers could store their cash. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Here's your money briefing for Tuesday, August 1.

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I'm JR Whalen for the Wall Street Journal.

0:27.0

The Federal Reserve has been steadily raising interest rates for the past 18 months.

0:31.5

That's created an opportunity for savers to take advantage of higher interest paid on

0:36.1

money they've put away.

0:37.7

It makes it a lot more lucrative to keep your money in one place or a couple of places.

0:43.0

And that includes CDs, high yield savings accounts, bonds, things like that.

0:48.0

We'll talk to Wall Street Journal, Personal Finance Reporter Oyan Edadoyan after the break.

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Where should savers put their money now that the Federal Reserve has raised interest rates

1:40.9

to their highest level in 22 years?

1:43.6

Wall Street Journal Personal Finance Reporter Oyan Edadoyan joins me.

1:47.3

So Oyan, first of all, take us behind the scenes for a moment.

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