Social Security adjusts benefits each year using the CPI-W, which tracks prices paid by urban wage earners and clerical ...

U.S. inflation slowed to 2.7% in 2025, the lowest since 2020, as the Fed cut rates and tariffs added costs to some household goods.

The Federal Reserve’s annual inflation target is 2%, since this is the number most likely to keep prices stable and ensure U.S. consumers can make sound financial decisions. But the ideal inflation ...

In an article I wrote in October 2024, titled Milton Warned Us... Inflation Is Far From Dead, I argued that the official Consumer Price Index (CPI) understates true inflation and that gold serves as a ...

Bond markets have been on a strong run this year as easing inflation, softer economic data and early Federal Reserve rate cuts have combined to lift prices, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday.

The California price index rose at a 2.1% annual rate over those dozen years. Nationally, inflation ran 1.5%. To most ...