Savings Rate Trends

Current Savings Rate Trends

The High-Yield Savings fell by 0.124 this week, bringing the current average APY down to 1.987%. Savers are seeing slightly reduced yields compared to last week, when the average was 2.111%.

The Standard Savings also moved higher this week, rising to 0.799% from 0.794% last week. The spread between the High-Yield Savings and Standard Savings currently stands at 1.188 percentage points.

These averages are calculated from 15,035 verified savings rate quotes collected across 3,436 banks and credit unions reporting from all 50 states — updated daily by MonitorBankRates.com's proprietary systems. Rates are what real licensed institutions are actually offering to depositors, not promotional teaser rates.

Unlike comparison sites that show only a handful of institutions, MonitorBankRates maintains a continuously updated savings account rate database spanning community banks, regional lenders, large institutions, and credit unions in every state. This scale allows us to calculate averages that reflect the full deposit landscape — not just the most aggressive advertisers — giving savers, journalists, and financial professionals a more accurate benchmark for where APYs actually stand across the country.

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Weekly average savings rate data releases from MonitorBankRates.com.

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The savings rate averages on this page are calculated from our database of over 8,500 banks and credit unions actively reporting APYs across all 50 states. Our proprietary systems collect and verify deposit rates daily — tracking what real licensed institutions are actually offering to depositors, not promotional teaser rates. Every day we aggregate those individual data points into overall averages that represent a true, real-market picture of what savers across the U.S. are being offered today.

Unlike rate comparison sites that show only a handful of institutions, MonitorBankRates maintains a continuously updated savings account rate database spanning community banks, regional lenders, large institutions, and credit unions across all 50 states. This scale allows us to calculate averages that reflect the full deposit landscape — not just the most aggressive advertisers — giving savers, journalists, and financial professionals a more accurate benchmark for what APYs actually look like across the country.

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Savings Rate Trends

Weekly average APYs across all savings products. Hover over the chart to see exact APYs for each week.

Weekly savings rate averages compiled from 15,035 current savings rates across our database of 3,436+ banks and credit unions — updated daily.

As of Aug 29, 2026 • Data provided by MonitorBankRates.com

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