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

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

This figure is then run through a complex formula and adjusted for inflation, and the result is the amount you'll receive at your full retirement age. If you qualify for benefits but haven't worked 35 ...

President Donald Trump's tax and spending package introduces annual inflation adjustments on many new items that will give Americans much needed help to better keep up with rising prices, even if they ...

The federal government recalled some furloughed workers specifically to produce the inflation report, which plays a key role ...

I bond interest rates adjust every six months, and the inflation reading released Friday allows us to calculate what your ...

The annual cost-of-living adjustment for Social Security benefits is based on how inflation is running in the third quarter. The formula reflects monthly changes for July, August and September for the ...

Social Security's annual COLA calculations are under scrutiny from advocacy groups, with some calling for different metrics to be used to boost or reduce the inflation adjustments.