http://www.moneycafe.com/content en-us N/A contact@moneycafe.com Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:41:44 PST 20 http://www.moneycafe.com/content/articles/9/1/Certificates-of-Deposit-Index-CODI/Page1.html This index is the 12 month average of the monthly average yields of 3 month certificates of deposit.  In plain English, this index is calculated by averaging the previous 12 rates of the 3 month CD rate.  The 3 month CD rate used is the rate publish monthly by the Federal Reserve.     Because this particular index is an annual average, it is more steady than straight CD rates. ]]> no@spam.com (MoneyCafe.com Editor) http://www.moneycafe.com/content/articles/9/1/Certificates-of-Deposit-Index-CODI/Page1.html