And it still is, despite the Federal Reserve's recent 50 basis point rate cut, which will push record returns on cash lower.
"Those rates aren't going to go from awesome to awful overnight," said Matt Schulz, chief credit analyst at LendingTree.
"There's no need to panic if you haven't moved your money into a high-yield savings account yet or you haven't locked in a CD rate."
"The biggest mistake that people can make … is the failure to save," said Mark Hamrick, senior economic analyst at Bankrate.
"The urgency of saving is not made any less in an environment where rates are coming down," he added.
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Matt Schulz, haven't, Mark Hamrick
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Federal, Finance