India’s ministry of statistics has released a discussion paper on how items given away free by the public distribution system (PDS) should be treated by the Consumer Price Index (CPI). This is a ...

Some people think they won’t live long enough to collect Social Security. That should be the least of their worries. I am 66 and working full time. I’d rather be retired. I did retire at 61, in ...

The central bank confronts “no risk-free path” in balancing the risks of a sharp slowdown in the labor market and resurgent price pressures. By Colby Smith Colby Smith covers the Federal Reserve.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell warned Tuesday that the U.S. economy faces serious threats regardless of the approach the central bank takes to bringing down interest rates. In a Tuesday speech, ...

The country’s inflation rate accelerated for the second straight month in September 2025 on the back of higher transportation and food costs during the period, the Philippine Statistics Authority said ...

The Federal Reserve is doing a difficult balancing act, trying to tamp down inflation while lifting up the job market, Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday. “There is no risk-free path for policy as we ...

Former President Barack Obama scolded Hispanic voters during a conversation with podcast host and comedian Marc Maron published Monday for supporting President Donald Trump in 2024 due to inflation ...

The IRS on Thursday provided annual inflation adjustments for more than 60 tax provisions for tax year 2026 and increases to the standard deduction for tax year 2025 as prescribed in H.R. 1, P.L.

The U.S. labor market remained mired in its low-hiring, low-firing doldrums through September, though the economy “may be on a somewhat firmer trajectory than expected,” Federal Reserve Chair Jerome ...

Those inflation refund checks on their way to millions of New Yorkers must be reported as income to the IRS. The state says the checks are considered taxable by the federal government, but not New ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Trump says inflation has been ‘defeated,’ but consumer prices rose 2.9% in August, above the Fed’s 2% target.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics is calling some staff back to work to prepare its closely watched inflation gauge, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) report, despite the government shutdown, a Trump ...