Thirty percent of back-to-school shoppers are changing their shopping habits due to inflation, according to a Bankrate survey. While overall inflation is down from its peak, prices remain ...

Mary Cunningham is a reporter for CBS MoneyWatch. Before joining the business and finance vertical, she worked at "60 Minutes," CBSNews.com and CBS News 24/7 as part of the CBS News Associate Program.

It’s the last Friday of trading for the summer of 2025, a week and a half from the end of calendar Q3, the major economic reports of the week have already been released and the Fed has made its ...

For Kasey McBlais, a 42-year-old single mom who lives in Maine with her two elementary school-aged children, the cost of running a household is only getting more expensive, from buying groceries to ...

Inflation continued to dog shoppers last month, as consumers were forced to shoulder more of the cost of President Trump's tariffs. Consumer prices in July were up 2.7% from a year ago, according to a ...

Inflation, as measured by the producer price index, shot up to 3.3% for the year ending in July, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday — the largest 12-month increase since February. On a ...

Diccon Hyatt is an experienced financial and economics reporter who has covered the pandemic-era economy in hundreds of stories over the past two years. He's written hundreds of stories breaking down ...

Social Security beneficiaries are likely to receive a larger cost of living adjustment (COLA) next year after the latest inflation data show price pressures persisting, according to a new report.

The growing chorus of those wanting to privatize Social Security should be careful what they wish for. Social Security benefits are the functional equivalent of an inflation-adjusted annuity program ...