NEW YORK, Jan. 21, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- RateWatch, a premier banking data and analytics service owned by TheStreet, Inc. (NASDAQ: TST) reported today that national averages for 5-year and 3-year CD rates each increased this week by a basis point, while other durations remained unchanged as the Federal Reserve has continued to keep the short-term federal funds rate at a range of zero to 0.25% since late 2008.

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"Upward moves in the 5-year and 3-year CD rates may suggest that banks are beginning to forecast that the Fed will raise its benchmark interest rate over the next few years, making the lending environment more favorable for the financial services sector," reported Joe Deaux, TheStreet's Economics Analyst. "Should the Fed signal another cutback next week in its economic stimulus program, savers should grow more confident that CD rates slowly will start to rise."

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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Contact:

Emily SchneiderTheStreet, Inc.212-321-5521emily.schneider@thestreet.com

Joe DeauxTheStreet, Inc.212-321-5086joseph.deaux@thestreet.com

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