The core rate of inflation. The core number strips out energy and food and gives a better idea of the long-run trend in inflation. A good core CPI reading would be an increase of 0.16% or less, says ...

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Social Security’s cost-of-living adjustment could be between 3.2% and 3.6% in 2027, adding at least $67 a month to the average retiree benefit amid cooling inflation. Estimates for next year’s COLA ...

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The S&P 500 looks set to open in record territory, after consumer-inflation data made an interest-rate hike by the Fed even less likely. The S&P 500 needs to rise 29.44 points, or 0.4%, to get above ...

A critical measure of inflation rose again in July after no change in the prior month, keeping alive the chances the Federal Reserve will soon raise interest rates to get prices back under control.

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The CPI was on the cooler side in July for the second month in a row, but what matters most is whether the Fed's preferred price index shows a similar inflation-chilling trend. The so-called PCE index ...