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Interest Rates
Foreign Exchange Rates
Federal Reserve Rates
Additional Resources


Selected Web Sites

Interest Rates
Bankrate.com
Offers interest rates, mortgage rates, news and other information including consumer tips.

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Selected Interest Rates FRB H 15
Issued weekly by Federal Reserve Board. Shows daily rates for interest/yields on commercial paper, banker's acceptances, CD's, prime rate, U.S. government securities (treasury bills, secondary market, etc.) and corporate bonds.



Foreign Exchange Rates
FXConverter (Foreign Exchange Currency Converter)
A multi-lingual currency converter with up-to-date exchange rates from leading market data contributers.

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OANDA: Exchange Rates
Includes a currency converter with current and historical exchange rates.



Federal Reserve Rates
Fed in Print
A comprehensive index to Federal Reserve research. Includes economic papers from all 12 Federal Reserve Banks and the Federal Reserve Board.

Federal Reserve Board
Contains links to all Federal Reserve banking districts and current and archived releases of interest rate statistics. The statistics include bank prime rates, foreign exchange rates, US government securities rates and conventional mortgage rates. Includes releases H.3, H.4.1, H.6, H.8, H.10, H.15, G.5, G.17, G.19, and Z.1.

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Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Markets
Offers commercial paper rates, and other banking statistics on a timely bases.



Additional Resources
Bloomberg.com
A gateway for business and financial information. Includes market rates, news and commentary, as well as charts and analysis.

CNN Money
A comprehensive business & financial news site with: updated headlines, complete market coverage & special reports.

Economic Census and Surveys - American FactFinder
Provides comprehensive statistics on the banking, investment, real estate and insurance industries.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Includes banking news, consumer information, banking laws and regulations, and a searchable database with information on all institutions covered by FDIC.

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National Credit Union Administration
This is the agency which insures and supervises over 7,000 federal and 4,000 state credit unions, much as the FDIC oversees commercial banks. Find information on how credit unions work, how to use them, and reports filed by any credit union in the country for the last two years.

U. S. Department of the Treasury
The Treasury Department offers links to many banking and money related agencies, such as the Bureau of Public Debt, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Financial Management Service, and Office of the Controller of the Currency.

The World Bank
The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, known as the World Bank, makes loans to developing countries. The site has many links to other international financing organizations.




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