Wow! The news is full of stories about rising gas and food prices. For those of us who pay attention to our expenses it's not a big surprise. We've known for awhile that's been happening. In fact, what surprises us (at least me) is that so many people were unaware of what was happening. Take...

For the first time in years, inflation is back in the news. If you've studied economics, that's no surprise to you. In an attempt to make it easy for people to borrow money, the Federal Reserve has been lowering interest rates for years. When they do that, they reduce the value of the U.S. Dollar...