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How the Fed interest rate cut affects you

If you haven't already read Eileen's very helpful story on how the Fed's three-quarters of a percentage point cut affects you, check it out here.

If you're too lazy to read it, I'll sum up for you.

Credit Cards: Don't count on seeing a lower interest rate.

Home Equity Lines: Expect to see a decrease as early as next month.

Mortgages: No change for fixed-rate mortgages, but maybe for adjustable rate mortgages.

Auto Loans: Fuhgeddaboudit.

Certificates of Deposit: Lock in those CD rates now. There's no benefit to waiting.  

You want more details? Read the story!

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A native of Vietnam, Dan Thanh Dang has lived in Maryland most of her life and has been a Baltimore Sun reporter since 1990. She's written about everything from mayoral elections and murder to energy prices and online dating. These days, she writes about a topic she's all too familiar with, spending money -- how to save more of it, blow all of it, use it wisely and avoid getting ripped off in the process.
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