While inflation has cooled since 2022, the CPI rose 2.9% from Dec. 2023 to Dec. 2024. Not all prices rise at the same rate – some sectors of the economy are seeing minimal inflation or even ...

It's less than half an hour to the January consumer-price-index reading, and investors should be aware of the data's tendency ...

Markets opened lower this morning, reacting to what is viewed as a “hot” inflation report. Click here to read more about the ...

Since the CPI is updated and reported monthly, it can be used to estimate the rate of inflation over as short a period as a single month. How to Calculate Inflation Using the CPI To calculate an ...

Seasonal adjustments are made to the data used in calculating the CPI in order to remove the effects of seasonality on price information and to achieve a clearer picture of price movements without ...

On February 12, the CPI for January 2025 will be declared at 8:30 EST.According to economists, there will be a 2.8% increase in living expenses over the next year, which is merely 2% lower than the 2.

The nonpartisan advocacy group The Senior Citizens League predicts the 2026 COLA will be 2.1%, based on data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ CPI-W, the index used to calculate the annual increase ...

Tens of millions of Americans rely on Social Security benefits for a substantial portion of their retirement income. Not only ...