LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The number of Southern Californians who say the cost of living here is "unbearable" increased from 50% to 59% in five months. According to a SurveyUSA poll conducted exclusively ...

Discover what a Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) is, how it compensates for inflation, and its impact on Social Security and ...

Determining why consumers continue to pay more for everything from a carton of eggs to rent seems like solving a complex math problem. The cost of living for most basic goods and services has ...

NPR's series Cost of Living: The Price We Pay is examining what's driving price increases and how people are coping after years of stubborn inflation. How are higher prices changing the way you live?

The U.S. Federal Reserve’s latest interest rate cut of a quarter percentage point lowered the benchmark federal funds rate to a range of 3.5%-3.75% in mid-December. This move continues to spark ...

America’s cost-of-living problem is simple math: Inflation spiked several years ago and paychecks haven’t had enough time to catch up. The latest jobs report revealed Tuesday that the problem got even ...