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Three big banks posted their quarterly results Friday. And they were good. When you hear that profits at a bank like JPMorgan Chase were up almost 25 percent, you have to wonder: Why? Well, one reason is banks are making a lot more from you and me. Click the audio player above to hear the […]

It's "really about returning excess profits," a Kaiser Family Foundation executive says.

In the early 1980s, the Fed combated inflation by hiking interest rates to over 18 percent.

Anxious importers are flooding the phone lines of trade advisers; one has seen a 20 percent jump in business.

An estimated 67 million Americans receiving the benefits will see a 2.8 percent cost-of-living boost to their checks.

…and everything else you've ever wondered about gas stations.

“I’m amazed that no one’s kicked me out of the pool yet.”

Management fees race to the bottom as investors embrace passive index funds.

The Consumer Price Index tracks the average price change over time for a “basket”  of goods and services. The CPI takes into account things like food, transportation and health care. If the CPI goes up, that’s considered an indication that the inflation rate is rising. But when the Federal Reserve calculates the inflation rate, it […]

This campaign season, millions of dollars are being spent to convince young voters to register and vote in the midterm elections.