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When interest rates drop, savers feel the pinch first

by Justin Ho

Sep 19, 2019

Savers can be the first to lose when the Fed lowers the interest rate.

The potential to earn in a savings account has gone down with interest rate cuts. Above, a Chase Bank in New York.

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