Estimates for the next cost-of-living adjustment to Social Security moved downward this week as new consumer price index data ...

The two most frequently cited indexes that calculate the inflation rate in the U.S. are the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and the Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index (PCE). These two ...

Inflation cooled in March, but economists expect prices to reaccelerate as some of President Trump's tariffs kick in.

The present series does include those prices in calculating the CPI, but its weights are not specified in the list of items. Experts say the addition of rural rental data in the new series will ...

Switching to the CPI-E seems like a straightforward solution, but its long-term consequences are likely a part of what's stopping Congress from making the change. The potential for larger COLAs would ...

Escalation clauses are often used to facilitate the creation of long-term contracts as wages or prices fluctuate over time.

While economists, analysts, and even Fed officials have said they expected to see a lag between the slowing of real-time rent prices and the CPI rent calculation, it’s taking much longer than ...