...percent on a 10-year U.S. Treasury bond, for instance -- they beat stocks with their falling prices and bank savings accounts with their skimpy interest rates around 1 percent or so. "People see it as a safe haven. Right now, I don't...

...percent federal funds rate could reach 5 percent by mid-2003. That will mean higher payments to Americans on their bank savings accounts but added costs for millions of borrowers. Commercial banks' prime lending rate, the benchmark for many short-term...

...annual percentage yields typically less than 3 percent and often under 1 percent. The average rate on a traditional bank savings account, generally known as statement savings, currently is 0.4 percent. A good alternative for more competitive interest...