Measured year-over year, September’s core CPI was up by 3.0 percent, and has been above three percent for three months.

After a delay due to the government shutdown that began on Oct. 1, Social Security announced its most anticipated change of ...

I'm very much looking forward to retiring one day -- and collecting Social Security benefits, after paying into the system ...

Inflation compounds over time and backward movement can cause more harm than good, but moving cash to high-yield accounts and ...

U.S. consumers feel the pinch as inflation rises. Click here to read why I am focusing on high-quality, consumer-related ...

Holding it doesn’t abate risks such as modest consumer price inflation; yet owning it at today’s prices creates a significant ...

Tariffs and uncertainty were already making the economy hard to read. The loss of government data during the shutdown has ...

The central bank is poised to lower interest rates again on Wednesday despite having only a partial view of how the economy ...

Gold surged to historic highs but recently fell below $4,000 per ounce. Gold prices have rallied on macroeconomic uncertainty ...

Social Security's 2026 cost-of-living adjustment is 2.8%, but over time, a pattern has emerged in how the agency calculates ...

After a week of intense policy meetings, the Federal Reserve, European Central Bank, and Bank of Japan have taken divergent paths in tackling economic challenges. Although global growth fears have ...

The Case-Shiller home price index actually helps make this point, though most citations of Case-Shiller are confused about it. The point is this: The “shortage” I am tracking and that I measure by ...