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

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

Two-thirds of Americans say they plan to hand out candy this Halloween. Two-thirds of Americans say they plan to hand out ...

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

The Senior Citizens League is predicting a 2.7 percent COLA for 2026. While this would be a slight increase from the 2.5 ...

The 2026 cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, for Social Security recipients has been revealed after it was delayed by the ...

The 2026 Social Security COLA will be higher than the 2.5% increase retirees received this year. However, 94% of older ...

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

Household living-costs price indexes review: 2024 outlines changes made as a result of the review of the household living-costs price indexes ...

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

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

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