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by ricardobayes 1048 days ago
In Europe banks give 2-2.5% on deposits these days while real inflation is in double digits, at least. When US banks give double the yield on deposits you know something's off.
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TheFattestNinja 1048 days ago
That's not true. You can easily get, in Italy, over 4% on 12mo-locked saving accounts (random comparison website : https://www.confrontaconti.it/conto-migliore/miglior-conto-d... ), and Italy inflation right now is around 6%.
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olivierlacan 1048 days ago
That's not comparable at all to 4.80% APY savings and checking accounts in the U.S. right now with far more flexible rules.

This kind of return on ultra flexible accounts is basically unheard of in most of Europe in recent memory as far as I know (born & lived in Europe as recently as 2019). What you describe are called Certificate of Deposit (CDs) in the U.S. and you can get 5.50% for those in August 2023 [1].

[1]: https://www.nerdwallet.com/best/banking/cd-rates

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gambiting 1048 days ago
If you define UK as Europe still, then yes, you can get an easy access(withdraw whenever you want) saving account with 5% interest without any issue. Or 6%+ if you're willing to lock the money for some time:

https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/savings/savings-accounts-b...

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ricardobayes 1048 days ago
Maybe in Italy it's better, definitely not as rosy a picture in Spain https://thebanks.eu/compare-banking-products/savings-account...
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mdrzn 1048 days ago
That's a gross 4%, which turns out to be 2% - 2.5% net.
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