Social Security retirees can choose to claim benefits at different ages. When they decide to claim will impact how much in benefits they receive. There are other factors impacting how much they can ...

After a long drought of government economic releases, we finally got a key update last week: the Consumer Price Index (CPI) from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The report came ...

Social Security's cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will be announced nine days late, on Oct. 24, due to the federal government shutdown. Donald Trump's tariff and trade policy is having a direct ...

WSJ’s Lindsay Ellis explains how the government shutdown will impact federal workers’ paychecks and what the slowdown in pay could mean for the economy. Photo: Lindsay Ellis/WSJ; Aaron ...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday it will release its monthly inflation report despite the government shutdown — bringing back furloughed employees for the task. The agency is set to publish ...

The United States has already delayed reports on employment, trade, retail sales and others, only recalling some furloughed ...

A US federal data blackout deepened Thursday as a government shutdown halted the release of third quarter GDP figures, forcing policymakers, financial institutions and business owners to continue ...

The Federal Reserve is expected to cut its short-term rate Wednesday for the second time this year despite an increasingly ...

Thanks to inflation, living costs tend to rise over time. Social Security's cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) often do a poor job of keeping up. Rather than bank on them in retirement, set yourself ...

The US federal government shut down at midnight after President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats failed to reach a funding deal. The lapse marks the nation’s 15th shutdown since 1981. While ...

Social Security's cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) often fail seniors due to a flaw in the way they're calculated. When there's a decrease in inflation from year to year, Social Security benefits ...