For a few weeks in early 2026, retirees got rare good news: the January CPI-W reading came in at 2.6% year-over-year, ...

There were some encouraging economic developments this week that millions of Americans likely warmly welcomed. The unemployment rate in January, for example, declined to 4.3% as employers added more ...

Home prices keep climbing, but there's a hidden silver lining in the inflation-adjusted numbers that buyers need to know ...

University of Texas associate professor Jeffrey T. Denning argued that grade inflation in K-12 schools and colleges may boost short-term outcomes but undermine students’ long-term academic and career ...

Most Social Security claiming calculators use a single inflation number that doesn’t reflect what retirees actually spend on — and the gap can shift the optimal claiming age by years. If you’ve ...

A recent report found that a majority of grades given out at Harvard were A’s. Professors will vote on a proposal to limit the number to around 20 percent. By Mark Arsenault Harvard undergraduates ...