If you apply the Core CPI to the CD-vs.-inflation equation, the best CDs are still comfortably ahead but not as much as when compared to standard CPI. The inflation rate that should matter most to ...

a measure of so-called “underlying inflation,” which intentionally leaves out volatile food and energy prices. A version of the CPI for urban wage earners and clerical workers (CPI-W ...

The annual Social Security COLA is calculated using the CPI-W inflation metric. The Senior Citizens League recently updated its prediction for the 2026 COLA based on the latest CPI-W figure.

Adjustments have been criticized for not keeping up with inflation ... The formula uses increases in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) from the third ...

Ask Tom Crave what’s keeping him up at night and the answer is clear: inflation. “The cost of goods, fertilizer this coming spring, seed, machinery, parts, repairs — everything is going up ...