Loan type	Today	+/-	Last week
$30K HELOC	5.28%		5.06%
$30K home equity loan	8.71%		8.38%
$75K home equity loan	8.72%		8.22%
$50K home equity loan	8.71%		8.23%
$50K HELOC	5.06%		4.79%

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See today's savings rates across the country.

Savings type	Today	+/-	Last week
Money market	1.23%		1.26%
$10K money market	1.24%		1.27%
Six-month CD	1.30%		1.36%
One-year CD	1.67%		1.72%
Five-year CD	2.58%		2.57%

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See today's average auto rates across the country.

Loan type	Today	+/-	Last week
48-month new car loan	7.27%		7.26%
36-month used car loan	7.74%		7.72%
36-month new car loan	7.11%		7.09%
60-month new car loan	7.36%		7.34%

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See today's average credit card rates across the country.

Card type	Fixed	Variable
Standard	13.46%	11.08%
Gold	12.23%	9.56%
Platinum	10.84%	11.64%
All	12.17%	11.14%

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updated 7:44 p.m. ET Aug. 28, 2006

WASHINGTON - Bankruptcy filings fell more than 9 percent in the last year and reached the lowest level in about five years, according to data released Monday by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.

During the 12-month period that ended June 30, there were about 1.5 million bankruptcy cases filed in federal courts compared with more than 1.6 million in the year-ago period.

It was the smallest number of filings since the 12-month period ended September 2001, according to the federal court data.

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There were 31,562 businesses that filed for bankruptcy, a 2.6 percent decrease compared with 32,406 in the year-ago period.

Filings under Chapters 7, 11, and 13 all fell, while only Chapter 12 filings rose with 360 compared with 290 in the year-ago period. Chapter 12 is an extension of Chapter 11, which protects companies from creditors' lawsuits while reorganizing, and applies to family farms.