Persistently high inflation has had a big impact on the economy over the last few years. As the costs of housing, groceries and other consumer goods have increased, purchasing power has been eroded, ...

Matt Richardson is the senior managing editor for the Managing Your Money section for CBSNews.com. He writes and edits content about personal finance ranging from savings to investing to insurance. In ...

Gold futures dropped by more than 2% on Friday to post their first weekly loss in a month in what some analysts see as a “typical” pullback in the wake of the metal’s rise to record highs earlier this ...