Policymakers cling to a 1970s consumer-price index formula that overstates cost increases and drives up automatic spending.

The Social Security Administration looks at year-over-year changes to the CPI-W. It does this specifically for data from the third quarter of the year (the months of July, August, and September). The ...

While we won't know the exact percentage until Friday, Oct. 24, an advocacy group for seniors has set its final prediction ...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves' painful tax raid on businesses has pushed inflation to an 18-month high. Prices have jumped by 4.2% ...

This has been a unique year, with Social Security's cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) reveal delayed by nine days due to the ...

Figuring out your retirement number isn’t rocket science — it’s about planning for tomorrow with today’s numbers.

If you get a raise next year, there’s a chance your tax rate won’t change thanks to new tax brackets recently released by the ...

Prices rose 2.6% between October 2023 and the same month in 2024, an unremarkable figure. Yet, inflation seems to be on everyone’s minds. This month, higher prices helped deliver the presidency from ...

Inflation last month rose at an annual rate of 3%, coming in below economists' forecasts as the impact of President Trump's ...

Gold prices have soared over the past 25 years, beating inflation and traditional investments. With 24-carat gold now above ...

Inflation rose in September. The Bureau of Labor Statistics released CPI data during the government shutdown, which has ...