Economy articles

Money questions rarely fail on the arithmetic. They fail on which number to put in, and on what the answer is actually claiming. The articles in this category cover that part: what compound interest does over a decade rather than a year, which everyday savings add up and which only feel like they do, and where a tidy percentage hides an assumption worth checking. Some sit alongside one of our economy calculators and explain the reasoning it runs on; others stand on their own. Read the one that matches your question, or start at the top and work down.