Social Security benefits are supposed to be one of the most stable income sources that retirees have. Since you contribute to ...

It's staggering how much of an impact some basic math can have on millions of lives, but that's exactly what determines ...

Recall that, thanks to the government shutdown, the BLS released September CPI (by recalling workers to calculate the number based on data already collected) but didn’t do any of the normal ...

The question should be: why is anybody putting any stock in the November CPI report? The BLS basically just made up a lot of ...

The highly anticipated November inflation report showed prices appearing to grow at a far slower rate, surprising analysts ...

Discover how the CPI-W measures inflation affecting urban wage earners and clerical workers, impacting cost-of-living adjustments and economic decisions.

Starting January 2026, Social Security benefits will increase by 2.8%. Learn what this COLA means for you and how to estimate ...

Social Security sets the cost-of-living adjustment each year based on third-quarter inflation. To do this, they look at the ...

Westmoreland County commissioners signaled Thursday they might soon overhaul the decades-old method used to calculate annual ...

The 2026 COLA isn’t likely to be life-changing for current beneficiaries. In fact, most people think this COLA isn’t enough ...

Just how much does it cost to offer Santa and his reindeer their milk, cookies and carrots? FinanceBuzz found out.

After long-awaited government data showed underlying US inflation cooled to a four-year low in November, economists agreed on ...