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For every dollar your savings earns, inflation takes ten

That's the actual arithmetic of keeping money in an average savings account right now.

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Oct 30, 2026

MONEY & MARKETS • RETIREMENT & SAVINGS

The Fed held rates at 3.75% to 4.00% on Wednesday. Your bank heard the news… and kept paying you next to nothing. The average savings account in America earns 0.38%—roughly one-tenth of the rate the Fed charges banks to borrow overnight. Put another way: you park $50,000 in savings, your bank hands you $190 at the end of the year. Inflation, running at 3.7%, takes $1,850 in purchasing power. Your reward for saving: you’re $1,660 poorer than when you started.

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For every dollar of interest your savings account earns you this year, inflation takes ten.

Source: FDIC National Rates, Oct. 2026; Federal Reserve FOMC Statement, Oct. 28, 2026; BLS CPI-U, Sep. 2026
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