The Consumer Price Index (CPI) regularly measures the change in the prices paid by consumers in the U.S. for a representative ...
Tariffs continued to push up prices and squeeze household budgets in August, if forecasters are right about this week's ...
Aimee Picchi is the associate managing editor for CBS MoneyWatch, where she covers business and personal finance. She previously worked at Bloomberg News and has written for national news outlets ...
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Social Security 2026 COLA increase, yet rising Medicare premiums may cut the real gains for millions of retirees.
The federal government shutdown, which began overnight, will delay key reports on the U.S. economy, including a monthly ...
Wage growth for a large swath of Americans is being outpaced by the rate of inflation, according to data from Indeed, which reported people with low- and middle-paying jobs are likely feeling the most ...
In recent months, critics of President Donald Trump’s tariff campaign have braced for an unwelcome rise in the inflation rate. That moment may have arrived. Prices rose 2.7% in the 12 months through ...