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    NATIONAL OVERNIGHT AVERAGESTODAY+/-LAST WEEK
    30 yr fixed mtg 5.64% 5.81%
    15 yr fixed mtg 5.36% 5.53%
    5/1 ARM 5.91% 5.90%
    30 yr fixed jumbo mtg 7.15% 7.29%
    5/1 jumbo ARM 5.99% 6.17%
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    NATIONAL OVERNIGHT AVERAGESTODAY+/-LAST WEEK
    $30K HELOC 5.15% 5.13%
    $50K HELOC 5.05% 5.03%
    $30K Home Equity Loan 8.38% 8.37%
    $50K Home Equity Loan 8.43% 8.42%
    $75K Home Equity Loan 8.41% 8.40%
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    NATIONAL OVERNIGHT AVERAGESTODAY+/-LAST WEEK
    36 month new car loan 6.78% 6.79%
    48 month new car loan 6.83% 6.83%
    60 month new car loan 6.59% 6.59%
    72 month new car loan 6.44% 6.44%
    36 month used car loan 7.13% 7.14%
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    NATIONAL OVERNIGHT AVERAGESTODAY+/-LAST WEEK
    6 month CD 2.85% 2.83%
    1 yr CD 3.33% 3.36%
    5 yr CD 3.73% 3.78%
    1 yr IRA CD 2.95% 3.07%
    5 yr IRA CD 3.55% 3.73%
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    NEWS THIS WEEK
    Budgets may be tightening, but don't blame these items -- their prices have fallen as much as 88 percent. Professional money managers strive to beat the market. Their strategies require toil, vigilance ... and may not work. With the Fed's action pushing fixed rates below 6 percent, refinancing might be the right move for you. Despite the industry's shaky bottom line, many banks still refuse to budge on price when selling real estate. Don't let the bad-economy Grinch ruin the holidays. Here are gift ideas to spread cheer and avoid a debt blizzard.
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