This is intended to help seniors and other Social Security recipients keep up with inflation and is based on Consumer Price ...

You spent more money in 2024 but didn't get very much more stuff. Retail sales charted a healthy increase but the data mostly ...

If you receive Social Security benefits, your payments are getting bigger this year. That’s because you’re getting a Cost of ...

Every year, the Social Security Administration, or SSA, examines inflation data and adjusts Social Security benefits ...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) recently announced that beneficiaries will get a 2.5% cost-of-living adjustment ...

Top Republicans are passing around a 50-page list of ideas on how to cover the cost of a tax cut and immigration crackdown ...

Democrats and Republicans in the legislature have competing visions for how to account for increases in inflation for ...

The latest inflation report, released on January 15, 2025, shows that December saw a 0.4% increase in the consumer price ...

The Confederation of Central Government Employees and Workers has highlighted the disparity in the DA calculation method for ...

A new report recommends legislation that would increase special education funding in Connecticut by millions of dollars.

The formula used for calculating annual CPI is: Annual CPI=(Value of Basket in Current YearValue of Basket in Prior Year)×100 To calculate inflation rates from CPI data: Inflation Rate=(New CPI−Prior ...