Is it normal to get $0.01 interest on $750 savings account?
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Sounds normal. Interest rates are so flipping low. You could shop around for a higher rate somewhere.
Not surprising. Banks in the US are paying .01% (one one hundreth of a percent) on savings. Laughable.
Yes. Gone are the days of 5% interest compounded quarterly.
You might get a better rate at a credit union.
@kritiper My local credit union with $5,000 in a high interest savings account that one can get $0.21 a month interest.
The $5000 mark seems to be a threshold. Do you know what their high interest account is worth?? I have a savings account that is just under $5000. Perhaps I’ll add another $25 (to push it over) and see what happens.
$.21 is better but still not ⅓rd of 5%...
I had a pretty good balance last year and was kind of shocked when the interest for the year amounted to $4. That’s ridiculous. So I didn’t owe any tax on it. Great way to reduce taxes for us ordinary folks: make our money not worth anything.
Yes. Though I’m not sure why anyone feels entitled to a passive income from having a few digits in a bank computer.
This is the norm in this day.
I miss the stadium blankets and glasses and watches they used to give away when you opened accounts and made large deposits.
@Kropotkin Because the bank is using the money to make money.
I have a Fidelity IRA from a long time ago. For a long time I’d get annual statements in the amount of $5.90, $5.70, $6.00. When the economy tanked in the mid 2000’s the account lost value, sliding down to the $.78 range. I recently received my statement showing $.03.
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