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Good luck growing your nest egg with the rates the average savings account pays in
America! Below is a savings account rate heat map state-by-state.
So writes Peter Coyne of dailyreckoning.com in edited excerpts from his latest free daily e-letter entitled Not Worth the Savings Account You Keep It In*.
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Coyne goes on to say in further edited (and in some instances paraphrased) excerpts:
If you live in Rhode Island, Vermont or North Carolina, you enjoy the highest average savings account rates. Congratulations.
If you live in any of the other states don’t worry. The spread is just 0.21%.
Good luck growing your nest egg with these rates!
[Editor’s Note: The author’s views and conclusions in the above article are unaltered and no personal comments have been included to maintain the integrity of the original post. Furthermore, the views, conclusions and any recommendations offered in this article are not to be construed as an endorsement of such by the editor.]
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