News

Forbes17d
How To Calculate Inflation: PCE & CPI
The two most frequently cited indexes that calculate the inflation rate in the U.S. are the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and the Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index (PCE). These two ...
CNN3d
US inflation cooled to a six-month low in March, but tariff pressures are quickly mounting
Economists have cautioned that Thursday’s CPI report could very well mark the nadir in inflation this year as Trump’s massive and sweeping tariffs upend global order and make imports — and ...
Why Does the Fed Prefer PCE Over CPI?
Inflation has been top of mind in recent years. Most of Wall Street follows the CPI but the Fed favors the PCE. Here's why.
US consumer inflation eases ahead of tariffs
U.S. consumer prices unexpectedly fell in March amid cheaper gasoline and used motor vehicles, but the benign inflation ...
Yahoo Finance3d
CPI inflation falls in March as annual core consumer prices rise at slowest rate in four years
March's Consumer Price Index (CPI) report showed inflation pressures eased considerably last month, with annual core prices rising at their slowest pace since March 2021. But it could be the last ...
Social Security's 2026 COLA estimate is climbing, but there's a catch
In January, the average retired-worker benefit check totaled $1,978.77. This means TSCL's updated COLA forecast implies a ...
What to know about the latest Social Security cost-of-living adjustment
Put simply, a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) is a "change in benefits based on changes in the prices of goods and services, ...