The Consumer Price Index (CPI) regularly measures the change in the prices paid by consumers in the U.S. for a representative ...

The $100 you just spent at the grocery store bought 4% less than it did one year ago. Why is that? The consumer price index (CPI) helps answer this question, as it measures inflation, the economic ...

The Consumer Price Index “is a measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services,” according to the Bureau of Labor ...

On Feb. 13, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its report for January’s Consumer Price Index. In response, the US stock market immediately sank, with the Morningstar US Market Index losing 1.49% ...

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Next year's COLA is likely going to come in above the most recent pay bump for retirees. With most of the data available for ...

The SSA uses September’s CPI to chart cost-of-living adjustments, but the Bureau of Labor Statistics has halted data ...

The best COLA prediction right now. If you want to know how big of a Social Security benefit increase to expect, probably the ...

Social Security benefits are set to rise in 2026. The SSA predicts a 2.7% COLA increase. Retirees and beneficiaries can ...