SC Garg, the secretary of ministry of statistics and programme implementation, made a significant announcement during a ...

Halloween costumes and displays have been in stores since summer, giving families more time to shop and more pressure to ...

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

It depends on what metric you use. The most basic overall measure of inflation is steady, or even up a little bit, depending on the time frame. But an inflation measure that excludes volatile food and ...

Cornell University Arts Quad view, Ithaca, NY 07” by LBM1948 is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. In conjunction with the Trustees ...

Despite the government shutdown that has postponed release of most economic data, economists believe the Federal Open Market Committee will lower the fed funds target rate by 25 basis points to a ...

Joanne Hsu, chief economist of the University of Michigan’s long-running consumer sentiment survey, says consumers are “still ...

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

Coffee prices are surging in the U.S., with inflation, tariffs, and climate challenges driving up costs for consumers and ...

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

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

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