It no longer pays to keep your money locked up in a bank. Fixed deposit (FD) rates have plummeted in recent months, with short-term rates now hovering very close to or below savings account rates for some banks. Surplus liquidity and sluggish credit growth have forced banks to cut rates of both short-term and long-term deposits, and made savers move to riskier instruments such as debt market mutual funds or even equity assets.
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