Savings accounts growing in popularity as investments amid higher interest rates

Published September 8, 2023 8:42am ET



For more than a decade after the Great Recession, savings accounts fell out of favor as investment tools due to low annual returns. But amid the Federal Reserve’s historic tightening cycle, part of its efforts to crush inflation spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic and other causes, bank savings accounts are increasingly profitable.

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