You can find our ranking of the top-paying CDs with terms of 10-14 months below. CD rates closely follow the fed funds rate, so if the Fed implements a further increase, that could nudge CD rates higher still. 1-after 11 hikes in the previous 12 meetings-it has indicated that an additional increase is still on the table. Though the Fed held its benchmark rate steady for a second consecutive meeting on Nov. Today’s CD rates are higher than we’ve seen in more than 20 years, pushed up by the Federal Reserve’s rate-hike campaign that began in March 2022 to tame decades-high inflation.
