Why does your money lose value year after year? The debt-based monetary system is the answer. By creating money through loans ...

Angelica Leicht is the senior editor for the Managing Your Money section for CBSNews.com, where she writes and edits articles on a range of personal finance topics. Angelica previously held editing ...

Annual inflation reached 3% in September, marking a six-month streak during which price increases accelerated. That means your living costs aren’t just rising, they’re rising faster as more tariff ...

Angelica Leicht is the senior editor for the Managing Your Money section for CBSNews.com, where she writes and edits articles on a range of personal finance topics. Angelica previously held editing ...

How does inflation actually work? Prices continually increase over time, but why? And why do they never decrease? When the Labor Department releases the monthly consumer price index, the question is ...

In his "sternest warning" to date, President Obama said the economy could sink into a "double-dip recession" unless the country reduces its ballooning public debt. Speaking with Fox News in Beijing, ...

The latest inflation reading likely caused a collective sigh of relief among economists and consumers alike. According to the data, released today, the July Consumer Price Index rose just 2.7% ...