This inflation calculator uses the change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) from 1913 to 2025 to estimate the U.S. dollar's buying power and future value.

Mainstream economists and others speak of the Consumer Price Index as the measure of inflation. Yet, the CPI is nothing more ...

If you’ve been paying even passing attention to inflation—and it has been hard to ignore—you know that the latest inflation readings have been ugly. Through August 2022, the Consumer Price Index ...

Supply-chain disruptions, pandemic unpredictability, and war have sent inflation to levels not seen since the early 1980s. Higher prices for essentials like food, housing, and gas are making life more ...

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A retiree using the 4% rule to guide withdrawals would have taken out $60,000 from a $1.5 million portfolio in the year 2000. By 2020, that withdrawal amount would have been right around $100,000. The ...

Investopedia contributors come from a range of backgrounds, and over 25 years there have been thousands of expert writers and editors who have contributed. Peter Westfall is a distinguished professor ...

After a delay due to the government shutdown that began on Oct. 1, Social Security announced its most anticipated change of ...

The following is a guest post by George Schultze, founder of Schultze Asset Management LLC, an alternative investments firm founded in 1998 that manages approximately $230 million in assets and ...

J.B. Maverick is an active trader, commodity futures broker, and stock market analyst 17+ years of experience, in addition to 10+ years of experience as a finance writer and book editor. Somer G.

For only the third time in 40 years, the Social Security Administration (SSA) announced this month that there will be no cost-of-living-adjustments (COLAs) for seniors in 2016. How can it be, when we ...