With eight years of experience as a financial journalist and editor and a degree in economics, Elizabeth Aldrich has worked on thousands of articles within the realm of banking, economics, credit ...

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 ...

For example, if you qualify for a $2,000 monthly benefit right now, a 2.7% COLA would give you $54 per month, bringing your ...

Social Security sends the average retired worker a monthly payment of about $2,008, or $24,096 per year. The overall average ...

The average U.S. FICO score has dropped two points in the last year to 715, which could signal that consumers are facing increasing financial stress. Perhaps more concerning is that 90-plus-day ...

IRA balances swelled to a record high in the second quarter of 2025. Are you keeping up? Or do you suffer from IRA balance envy? The answer likely depends on how your Individual Retirement Account ...