It’s not cheap to own a car in retirement. Retirees pay $3,989 on average annually for gas, vehicle finance charges, ...

As seniors face rising prices for shelter and medical services, their annual benefit boosts aren't keeping up.

The headline statistics we currently employ to understand America’s economy are profoundly misleading and, unfortunately, drive policy.

While there aren’t any statewide candidates on Tuesday’s ballot, there are local races and referendums of interest to voters across Maine. Maine Morning Star reporters have highlighted three local ...

The TV licence fee is set by the Government and it normally rises every April. It typically increases in line with the previous September rate of Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation ...

India’s massive free foodgrain scheme has eased the cost of living for more than half of all households, but it also raises a tricky question: Should the consumer price index be revised accordingly?

In early October of every year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases its much-anticipated report on changes (usually increases) to the Consumer Price Index ...

Scotland has seen modest improvements in the wellbeing of its population over the past two years, according to a new report from Carnegie UK.

When the Social Security Administration announced that beneficiaries will be getting a 2.8% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) ...

One of the recent suggestions is from the Center for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB), a nonpartisan policy analysis and research group. It has proposed that the cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, ...

Data annually collected by the Kansas State University Economics Club shows the average student cost of living is nearly 25% higher than that of the average American.

It seems the only constant in life is change. Let's take a look at why the 2026 COLA is both good and bad for Social Security ...