The St. Louis Post-​Dispatch wrote late last month, "Got cash? Here is what to do with it now." It says, "While there is no return to the 5 percent money market yields savers got a decade ago, there is some relief. If you work at it, you can find money market funds yielding 1.​5 percent and two-​year certificates of deposit (​CDs) or U.​S. Treasury bonds yielding more than 2 percent. As investors worried about inflation and rate increases by the Federal Reserve and central banks around the world, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and Standard & Poor'​s 500 entered a correction of more than 10 percent this month." The piece explains, "After earning only 0.​03 percent in early 2011, some money market funds, such as the Vanguard Prime Money Market Fund, are now yielding close to 1.​5 percent. The average for the largest 100 money funds is 1.​17 percent, said Peter Crane, president of money fund research firm Crane Data. Money fund yields should rise about 0.​25 percent with each coming Federal Reserve rate hike, Crane said. Yields could even drift to about 3 percent by the end of 2019 if the Fed raises rates twice this year and three times next year, as is widely expected. A more aggressive Fed could nudge money market yields even higher. Do not confuse money market mutual funds with money market accounts at banks."

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