# Move to Cash? {Keep Politics out of this one}

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 1, 2025, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/move-to-cash-keep-politics-out-of-this-one/1013713 "2025-02-01T13:00:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/move-to-cash-keep-politics-out-of-this-one/1013713/149 "2025-03-10T23:28:52Z")

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The rate varies widely. I started a thread about this a while back that has been updated several times.

> [@Series I U.S. savings bonds are paying 7.12% \[update - now 6.89%\]\[Down to 5.27% Mar2023\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-i-u-s-savings-bonds-are-paying-7-12-update-now-6-89-down-to-5-27-mar2023/955092):
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> I realize that’s the result of our borderline hyperinflation, but it was quite a pleasant surprise for me. Back in my working days, I bought a bunch of them, and needed to cash one in and found this out. I really hated to do that, but I need the money now. Just an FYI.

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