(Reuters) -More than 75 million Americans receiving Social Security and Supplemental Security Income benefits will see their monthly payments rise 2.8% in 2026, accelerating from the prior year's increase for the first time in three years. The Social Security Administration announced the annual cost-of-living adjustment to benefits on Friday, less than an hour after the Bureau of Labor Statistics published...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House said on Friday there likely will not be a release of inflation data next month due to the U.S. government shutdown. Because of Congress' failure to pass a stopgap funding bill, Surveyors cannot deploy to the field - depriving us of critical data, the White House said on its official Twitter account. The economic consequences...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House said on Friday there likely will not be a release of inflation data next month due to the U.S. government shutdown. Because of Congress' failure to pass a stopgap funding bill, Surveyors cannot deploy to the field - depriving us of critical data, the White House said on its official Twitter account. The economic consequences...

(Reuters) -The Federal Reserve will likely deliver quarter-point interest rate cuts at each of its next three meetings, traders bet on Friday after a U.S. government report showed consumer inflation rose a little less than expected last month.  The Consumer Price Index climbed 3.0% in the 12 months through September, the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics said on Friday, a...