Since its creation in 1935, Social Security has been a financial lifeline for millions of Americans. However, inflation is ...

More worryingly, people's inflationary expectations - a driver for price pressures - remain high despite actual inflation slowing down. Potato prices, which have tripled since last year when the ...

In May, inflation exceeded the central bank's target of 3%, plus or minus a percentage point, after the headline rate accelerated to 4.42%, its highest level since November.

US inflation to tick higher as tariffs reach consumers Prices of goods and services, excluding volatile food and energy costs, rose 0.3% in May, the most in four months, according to a Bloomberg ...

America’s power bills are soaring. Coal-fired electricity keeps making it worse. Between 2021 and 2024 the cost to generate coal-fired electricity across the United States has skyrocketed 28% ...

Key Points. Social Security benefits are eligible for a cost-of-living adjustment each year that’s tied to inflation. While COLAs are supposed to keep up with inflation in theory, historically ...

Price data for the year through April showed inflation kept cooling, with the Fed’s favorite measure just above the central bank's 2% target at 2.1%.

Social Security’s COLA wasn’t keeping pace with inflation at the start of the year. Retirees received a 2.5% Cost of Living Adjustment in 2025. Benefits have lost 20% of buying power due to ...

Among households, those earning between N30,001 and N100,000 per month recorded the highest inflation perception at 82.9 per cent, while those earning above N200,000 had the lowest at 65.7 per cent.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff plan would cut deficits by $2.8 trillion over a 10-year period while shrinking the economy, raising the inflation rate and reducing the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Labor Department has cut back on the inflation data it collects because of the Trump administration’s government hiring freeze, raising concerns among economists about the ...

Trump’s sweeping tariff plan would cut deficits by $2.8 trillion over a 10-year period while shrinking the economy, raising the inflation rate and reducing the purchasing power of households ...