NEW YORK, Sept. 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- RateWatch, a premier banking data and analytics service owned by TheStreet, Inc. (NASDAQ: TST) reported today CD rates were little changed this week despite a surprise decision by the Federal Reserve on Wednesday to continue its $85 billion monthly bond-buying program which sent 10-year Treasury yields to their lowest levels since August. 

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"The decision by the central bank and the subsequent Treasury rally should have led to lower rates in all maturities, though three- and five- year CD rates actually rose, though only by one basis point, or a tenth of one percent," said Dan Freed, Senior Writer for TheStreet. "Still, the extension of the Fed's easy money policies suggests it will be a still-longer wait for savers hoping to earn interest rates approaching anything like their historical norms."

NATIONAL AVERAGE RESULTS - $10K

TOP RATE ISSUERS - $10KThis is a list of issuers with top interest rates. The issuer's Financial Strength Rating isan independent, unbiased evaluation of quarterly regulatory statements. Institutions are assigned a letter grade of A-E with "A" representing the highest rating based on a review of many aspects of financial safety including capitalization, asset quality, profitability and liquidity. For more information, visitwww.weissratings.com/help/what-our-ratings-mean.aspx.  Information is believed to be accurate, but not guaranteed.

 Financial Strength Rating: A=Excellent, B=Good, C=Fair, D=Weak, E=Very Weak, U=Unrated                                                   Plus sign "+" = top of range, Minus sign "-" = bottom of range

Data is surveyed weekly with averages calculated each Monday afternoon from RateWatch's unbiased national interest rate survey of over 96,000 financial institution locations across the United States.

About RateWatchFor over 20 years, RateWatch has been the premier provider of competitive interest rate and product information to financial institutions across the United States.  Consistently providing top quality, highly relevant data RateWatch maintains the largest database in the industry with deposit, loan, and fee information monitoring over 96,000 locations. Rate surveys, product comparisons, financial strength reporting, local/regional/national averages, fee reporting, specialty reports and more are available.  To learn more about RateWatch, visit www.rate-watch.com.  RateWatch is a division of TheStreet, Inc.

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