If you get the sense inflation is a little off, you’re probably right
Of course, you probably don’t spend on the exact same things, or buy the exact same amount, as people on the other side of ...
Social Security's Early 2026 Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) Projection Is In -- and It's a Good News/Bad News Scenario for Retirees
What's more, surveys have shown that Social Security checks are necessary for seniors to make ends meet. A poll from ...
Social Security's 2025 Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) Is Already Falling Short
Each year's Social Security COLA is based on the inflation data from the prior year's third quarter. So the 2.5% COLA seniors ...
Rate cut chances increase after inflation slows in final quarter of 2024
Financial markets are betting the Reserve Bank will preview a rates reprieve in February, with official figures showing the ...
Interest rates live: Bank of England cuts interest rates to 4.5% but UK growth downgraded
The Bank of England has cut interest rates to 4.5 per cent, but painted a gloomy picture for the UK economy by halving its ...
Living standards to stagnate until 2030: Deloitte
Deloitte predicts it will take another five years before real wages return to their pre-pandemic levels, complicating Anthony ...
Social Security COLA prediction: Bad news for retirees?
The non-partisan advocacy group The Senior Citizens League predicts the 2026 COLA will be 2.1%, based on data from the Bureau ...
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 ...
Social Security benefits increased by 2.5% in 2025. Why retirees may feel it's not enough
The Social Security cost-of-living adjustment for 2025 is the lowest since the post-Covid inflation spike. Yet retirees still ...