Rising health insurance costs are hitting workers hard, with family plans costing near $27K per year. Here's how you can manage the high prices

With premiums rising faster than both wages and inflation, taking full advantage of employer benefits, comparing available coverage options, and rerunning your financial plan during open enrollment ...

Trump is right: He lowered some of your costs. But he also made many prices higher

President Donald Trump keeps downplaying America’s affordability crisis, and he continues to falsely claim that inflation and overall prices have fallen during his second term.

How Does Social Security's 2.8% Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) for 2026 Compare, Historically, to Prior Raises?

Looking a bit further back, Social Security's 2.8% raise ties for the ninth-largest year-over-year increase since this ...

What Will Mortgage Rates Look Like as We Come Out of a Government Shutdown?

The government shutdown now has ended, but Americans are still left with a lot of questions. For one, what will mortgage ...

Government will release September jobs report next week, ending data drought from federal shutdown

The Labor Department will release its numbers on September hiring and unemployment next Thursday, a month and a half late, ...

You Can Still Trust the BLS—for Now

The accuracy and reliability of BLS data on inflation and jobs will depend on what the Trump administration does with it.

Shutdown delays October inflation report – what does the Fed's data say?

The government shutdown delayed the October CPI inflation report indefinitely, as alternate gauges like the Cleveland Fed's ...

There’s No Inflation Report Today. But Here’s What the Experts Think.

The October CPI data will likely be delayed until early or mid-December, according to economists’ projections.

White House says key economic reports may not be released

After Leavitt’s briefing, the White House clarified that September’s jobs report, for which data was collected before the ...

US Labor Department urged to prioritize November employment, CPI data post-shutdown

The U.S. Labor Department's statistical agency should prioritize the production of November employment and inflation reports ...

White House: October jobs, inflation reports may never get published

The federal jobs and inflation reports for October may never get calculated and released after a record-length government shutdown froze economic data collection, White House press secretary ...

When to expect key economic data after the shutdown and what it means for the Fed

September’s employment report is expected to be the first major release after the shutdown, as that data was already collected before it began. The release of other key metrics on inflation and ...