The Hill

Inflation ticks up to 3 percent annual increase in January

The consumer price index (CPI) increased by 0.5 percent in January to hit an annual increase of 3.0 percent after advancing by 2.9 percent in December. Economists were expecting the CPI to increase by ...
Newsweek

How Much Will Social Security Increase in 2025? Experts’ COLA Predictions

Retirement experts have given their final predictions for how much the Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) will be ahead of the official announcement next week. The Social Security COLA is designed to ...
Roll Call

Explaining Trump’s claim of a ‘68 percent’ tax increase

The Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center estimates that, on average, Americans’ taxes would rise about 7.5 percent if the 2017 tax cuts are allowed to fully expire at the end of the year. But President ...
The Hill

Wholesale prices jump to a 3.5 percent annual increase

Wholesale prices moved up 0.4 percent in January to hit a 3.5 percent annual increase, undergirding consumer inflation that broke 3 percent last month for the first time since the second quarter of ...
The Reporter

Montgomery County proposes 4 percent tax increase in 2026 budget

NORRISTOWN — Montgomery County officials Thursday got a first look at the 2026 proposed budget, with a 4 percent property tax increase on tap to lessen a $25.5 million budget shortfall. County Chief ...
The Boston Globe

Eversource gas customers face 13 percent rate increase this winter

Eversource home-heating gas customers in Massachusetts can expect to pay about 13 percent more this winter compared to the same period last year, based on the utility’s filing with the state ...