Every year, the Social Security Administration makes an announcement that affects all 73 million Social Security ...

A retiree using the 4% rule to guide withdrawals would have taken out $60,000 from a $1.5 million portfolio in the year 2000. By 2020, that withdrawal amount would have been right around $100,000. The ...

Seniors push to tie Social Security COLA to the CPI-E to better match retirees’ expenses and potentially increase benefits.

The SSA will announce the 2026 COLA in less than a month, but early estimates show the increase may fall short of rising living costs.

Supply-chain disruptions, pandemic unpredictability, and war have sent inflation to levels not seen since the early 1980s. Higher prices for essentials like food, housing, and gas are making life more ...

If you’ve been paying even passing attention to inflation—and it has been hard to ignore—you know that the latest inflation readings have been ugly. Through August 2022, the Consumer Price Index ...

The upcoming release of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) is an important opportunity to address the social justice challenges created by surging inflation. There is no typical U.S. consumer, yet the ...

Let’s break down what $100 is worth today vs. 10 years ago, and some of the things you could buy for $100 back then compared to today.