How To Read Inflation Numbers To Inform Better Financial Decisions

Look at headline CPI and PCE to understand broad direction. Then pay attention to components that matter most to your ...

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 ...
Marketplace

Measuring the ROI of the CPI

The Bureau of Labor Statistics — the agency that produces the monthly jobs report, the consumer price index, and other marquee economic data — had a $700 million budget in 2025. The White House has ...
Opinion

The 2026 Social Security COLA Announcement Made Me Wonder: Should Social Security Change How It Calculates the Increase?

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, ...

CPI data likely impacted by government shutdown: economist

A big unknown ahead of the September CPI is how much the government shutdown, which started Oct. 1, impacts the data. Ten days later, statisticians at the Bureau of Labor Statistics were called back ...

WH says there will be no October CPI or jobs report: Fed impact

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed there will be no jobs report or Consumer Price Index (CPI) for October ...
Kokomo TribuneOpinion

OPINION: The consumer engine is still running — but for how long?

After a long drought of government economic releases, we finally got a key update last week: the Consumer Price Index (CPI) ...