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Average APY. According to CNN Money, the average annual percentage yield on a savings account in the United States was just 0.06 percent in 2013. This means that if you nested away $100,000 in the average savings account, it would net you an additional $60 in interest over the course of one year.
You're actually hurting your long-term wealth, though, because the average savings account is paying about 0.09% in interest. Yikes! Just the facts ... Let's put that national average interest rate for savings and money-market accounts (per the folks at Bankrate.com) into perspective. Let's say you have a whopping $25,000 parked in short-term savings as your emergency fund.