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

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

The Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) for Social Security benefits is set to increase by 2.8% in January 2026. However, ...

Social Security's annual COLA calculations are under scrutiny from advocacy groups, with some calling for different metrics ...

Commodities, broadly, are up over 6% since the Fed decision to lower interest rates by .5% on Sept 18, 2024. Starting on 9/18, we’ve slowly added some additional exposure to commodities and sold some ...

Economists think inflation around the U.S. continued to climb in September, edging farther away from the Fed's 2% annual ...

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 ...

Pandemic disruptions may have muddled the measurement of home prices in inflation data. That could complicate the Fed’s course on interest rates. By Ben Casselman The Federal Reserve may have a ...

ANKARA, July 9 (Reuters) - The head of Turkey's statistics institute has sought to calm criticism of its inflation data, telling reporters on Tuesday its figures are calculated in the same way as in ...