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 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on Tuesday releases its long-awaited combined employment reports for October and November ...

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

Bank of America shared its inflation forecast with TheStreet, based on the core (excluding volatile food and energy) Personal Consumption Expenditures ( PCE) index. Directionally, PCE and CPI tend to ...

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

A sharp slowdown in shelter inflation helped drive November’s softer-than-expected CPI report, though economists caution the ...

Several analysts said the missing October data left large gaps in the report, which many read as if prices had not risen at ...

The good news for higher earners is that not all income is subject to the Social Security tax; only income up to a specific ...

Discover what a Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) is, how it compensates for inflation, and its impact on Social Security and ...