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 ...

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

After a delay due to the government shutdown that began on Oct. 1, Social Security announced its most anticipated change of the year: The 2026 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA). Beginning on Jan. 1, ...

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