Social Security announced its most anticipated change of the year: The 2026 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA). Be ...

Today, the U.S. Department of Labor released the consumer price index (CPI) for November, and inflation hit a 39-year high. Wall Street analysts and economists had generally expected to show the ...

Key CPI-W data needed to calculate the 2026 COLA will now be announced on Oct. 24. The purchasing power of Social Security benefits has decreased over the years. The government shutdown has affected ...

The pace of inflation likely picked up last month, but not enough to prevent the Federal Reserve from cutting interest rates ...