Major Social Security changes in 2026 will affect retirement age, benefit increases, and income taxes. Learn what's shifting ...

As mentioned, the majority of Americans don't feel like the Social Security COLA is enough. In fact, 77% of Americans over 50 ...

See how the Social Security Administration's 2.8% COLA increase is calculated, what it adds to your check, and whether rising ...

Prices for bedroom furniture in the U.S. have risen 4% in September compared with January, according to the most recent ...

Prices rose in 2025. Households feel it. The urgent question is how much of that higher bill traces back to tariffs and what ...

Social Security benefits will rise 2.8% in 2026, but higher Medicare premiums may offset gains. Learn how to protect your ...

The COLA boost is slightly better than earlier estimates, even if we're not talking about a lot of money. But many retirees ...

NBC News noted that the consumer price index has notched gains every month since the April announcement (September data is ...

Economists, policy makers and investors are today similarly, although less dramatically, in the dark about the trajectory of the U.S. economy. With the exception of one delayed CPI report, we have ...

After a delay due to the government shutdown that began on Oct. 1, Social Security announced its most anticipated change of the year: The 2026 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA). Beginning on Jan. 1, ...

The higher the Social Security benefit, the more money that you can collect every year when the COLA is announced.

The headline statistics we currently employ to understand America’s economy are profoundly misleading and, unfortunately, drive policy.