Have you ever stared at a spreadsheet, struggling to make sense of percentage calculations that just don’t seem to add up? Whether it’s a confusing formula, a misstep with zero values, or an ...

Social Security benefits are the backbone of retirement income for tens of millions of households, so even a small change in monthly payments can ripple through family budgets. The annual ...

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 ...

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 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 ...