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 ...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics — the agency that produces the monthly jobs report, the consumer price index, and other marquee economic data — had a $700 million budget in 2025. The White House has ...

See how the Social Security Administration's 2.8% COLA increase is calculated, what it adds to your check, and whether rising ...

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) tracks a basket of goods, ...

The cost of housing — of shelter — has been the problem child, one might say, of the Federal Reserve’s effort to tame inflation. Housing inflation has been “sticky”— we’ve been reporting on it pretty ...

Inflation last month rose at an annual rate of 3%, coming in below economists' forecasts as the impact of President Trump's ...

As the 10-year rate approaches 5%, the markets are very interest rate focused, and a major driver of rates is inflation. This coming week we get two pieces of inflation data with the Producer Price ...

Here’s what the CPI inflation report this week may say about the economy. Jobs or inflation? Inflation or jobs? Figuring out which is ringing alarm bells louder this year hasn’t been easy. However, ...

With the absence of U.S data releases during the 24 days of government shutdown so far, Friday's CPI print for September has ...

It's hard to find economists or Wall Street pros who think a bad CPI could derail a Federal Reserve rate cut next week. Why is that? The Fed is more worried about the jobs market — hiring has slowed ...