Policymakers cling to a 1970s consumer-price index formula that overstates cost increases and drives up automatic spending.

This inflation calculator uses the change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) from 1913 to 2025 to estimate the U.S. dollar's buying power and future value.

What is inflation? Inflation is the rate of increase in prices for goods and services. There are a number of different ...

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed there will be no jobs report or Consumer Price Index (CPI) for October ...

Walmart’s Thanksgiving meal deal sparked claims about falling prices—but economists say inflation can’t be judged by one dinner.

Social Security beneficiaries will get a 2.8% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in 2026. Getting a 10% COLA is possible, but ...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves' painful tax raid on businesses has pushed inflation to an 18-month high. Prices have jumped by 4.2% in a year in the UK ...

The Bank of England's base rate reached a recent high of 5.25% in 2023, but five cuts since August 2024 have brought it down ...

India’s retail inflation eased sharply to 0.25 per cent in October, marking the lowest year-on-year rate recorded in the ...

After a delay due to the government shutdown that began on Oct. 1, Social Security announced its most anticipated change of the year: The 2026 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA). Beginning on Jan. 1, ...

Diccon Hyatt is an experienced financial and economics reporter who has covered the pandemic-era economy in hundreds of stories over the past two years. He's written hundreds of stories breaking down ...

The Department of Labor has handed President Donald Trump a mixed set of inflation figures, with core inflation ticking down but the annual headline rate rising thanks to higher gas prices. On ...