The Confederation of Central Government Employees and Workers has highlighted the disparity in the DA calculation method for government employees working in different departments.

For retirees, the annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) from Social Security is meant to offer some relief as inflation ...

For parents of babies who lived through the huge baby formula shortage of 2022, the memory of it is still raw. Pandemic-related supply chain shortages collided with a giant infant formula recall ...

They take issue with the calculation for increasing landlord profits, which raises rent in line with past rent increases.

You’re a very lucky and privileged person if you’ve never had to steal food to eat, writes opinion columnist Robin Epley.

4. Index Calculation: The current price of this basket is compared to its price in a base year to assess changes in price levels. The formula used for calculating annual CPI is: Annual CPI=(Value of ...

If you receive Social Security benefits, your payments are getting bigger this year. That’s because you’re getting a Cost of ...

Keep in mind that the CPI doesn’t tell the entire story of inflation. The government revised the CPI formula in the 1990s so that it understates the actual rise in prices. Based on the formula used in ...

Education funding is back on the docket for the Alaska Legislature. On Friday, Independent Rep. Rebecca Himschoot of Sitka ...

A new report recommends legislation that would increase special education funding in Connecticut by millions of dollars.

You spent more money in 2024 but didn't get very much more stuff. Retail sales charted a healthy increase but the data mostly ...