Inflation is one of the biggest enemies of long-term investors. But to get a handle on its true impact, you have to make sure you calculate it correctly not just month to month or year to year but ...

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 ...

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 ...

Inflation is the increase in the cost of certain goods and services over a specific time. Inflation indicates the loss of purchasing power of a currency. When the cost of goods and services increases, ...

When it comes to pensions, changes to the small print can have big ramifications. So it is with the announcement last week from the chancellor that the government is to stop using the retail price ...

When prices surge across various sectors of the economy, you’ll start hearing analysts talk about inflation. Inflation is the devaluation of currency over time, meaning as goods and services become ...

Q. Can you recommend a good inflation calculator? -- C.A., Reno, Nev. A. Sure. Click over to Westegg.com/inflation, enter two years, and you can see how prices ...

Richard Fisher, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, jumped into the debate about excluding food and energy from inflation calculations by discussing in a speech today his bank's ...

The Big Mac index reveals inflation is underestimated; Big Mac prices have risen 163% since 2000, while official inflation is only 85%. Technological advancements and hedonic adjustments skew ...