Social Security benefits will arguably lose buying power next year because the 2.5% COLA understates inflation.

The Social Security Administration uses the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) -- a ...

Still, the recent news raises a handful of questions among the retirees it impacts the most. Here are a few things you might ...

Considering how important Social Security is to seniors, it should come as no surprise that the reveal of the program's ...

The annual wage base limit is the maximum amount of your income subject to Social Security payroll taxes. For 2025, the new ...

Citizens have voted on whether or not to raise California’s minimum wage and now we have the results and the plan.

How is the cost of living adjustment (COLA) determined for my Social Security benefit? Robert 'Bob' Powell answers this question as part of Decoding Retirement's special segment, Ask Bob. Care Right ...

JPMorgan's trading desk gave a scenario outlook on how the market would respond to various monthly core CPI readings. The options market is pricing in a 0.7% move, either up or down, for the S&P 500, ...

We start this mid-week trading day in the pre-markets with important inflation data: the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for October. Results were in-line with expectations across the board (see below for ...

The COLAs for Social Security reflect changes in an inflation gauge known as CPI-W, from the third quarter of one year to the third quarter of the next. Based on the latest release by the Bureau ...

Later today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will release its latest consumer price index (CPI) numbers, and economists ...