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

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

WASHINGTON (AP) — The ongoing government shutdown is delaying the announcement of the annual Social Security cost-of-living adjustment for tens of millions of beneficiaries. Originally scheduled for ...

Financially speaking, we keep asking more of retirees. First, we ask folks who have saved for a lifetime to live on less while banks and indebted consumers use low interest rates to heal. Then we ask ...

A new analysis reveals that long-standing policy choices in benefit calculation have cost retirees thousands, raising urgent ...

Dec 17 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's latest offer for a "fiscal cliff" resolution includes a change in the way annual payment increases for Social Security are calculated for inflation.

The September CPI report showed that inflation remains tame – and all but confirms another rate cut from the Fed.

The key gauge to measure inflation does not take into account major expenses that have surged for consumers since the pandemic — including interest charges from credit cards and auto loans, tips and ...

The report shows food items like instant coffee and beef are getting pricier. Instant coffee prices in September were about ...

Inflation is being closely watched right now by several parties, ranging from U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to the Federal Reserve to followers of economic data and monetary policy. All ...

Will investors be able to trust the U.S. government's unemployment numbers? Investor concerns about manipulation of the consumer-price index may be exaggerated. Such concerns have grown since ...