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

While we won't know the exact percentage until Friday, Oct. 24, an advocacy group for seniors has set its final prediction ...

The Social Security Administration looks at year-over-year changes to the CPI-W. It does this specifically for data from the third quarter of the year (the months of July, August, and September). The ...

The report shows food items like instant coffee and beef are getting pricier. Instant coffee prices in September were about ...

The pace of inflation likely picked up last month, but not enough to prevent the Federal Reserve from cutting interest rates ...