Into the teeth of this economic gale, I had to make quite a spending decision this week. It wasn't a frivolous purchase – not the $5,000 carbon-f…

The Fed wants to keep interest rates low until 2013, which was supposed to reduce uncertainty. Why does Thomas Hoenig think it actually will have the opposite effect?

Two financial experts and an economist answer your questions on how to make (or not make) decisions during this period of severe market volatility.

In response to the S&P downgrade and market fears, global investors are living by the mantra: when in doubt, get out.

Should the average investor join the stock market sell-off?

Family and friends are the people you turn to in times of great need. But things can get a bit sticky when that need is a financial one.

Tess and MSN's personal finance columnist Liz Pulliam Weston answer listener questions.

CBS MoneyWatch editor-at-large Jill Schlesinger explains how your personal finance is affected by the hopeful jobs numbers and depressing market conditions