Local economist says employees cannot keep up with cost of living despite minimum wage increase
The discrepancy is because the cost of rent and medical expenses are not used to calculate the consumer price index, from ...
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2025 COLA Shortfall: Why Social Security Retirees Are Losing Spending Power
This index measures changes in the cost of food, gas and rent ... To calculate the COLA, officials compare the average CPI-W from the third quarter (July through September) of one year to the same ...