Investors turned to gold when they thought the global economy was in trouble. But even as it became clear the world wasn't going to end, gold kept rising - and now trades above $1,100 an ounce.
A contentious debate in D.C. is how to tame the ballooning budget deficit. What measures -- spending cuts, tax hikes -- are needed? Money magazine looks at how we got here and how big our debt really is. More