Social Security benefits are supposed to help retirees cover their bills throughout retirement. In order for that to happen, ...

V-Dec 1997=100 base. CPI-W--Index for urban wage earners and clerical workers. The department also released data on U.S. real average weekly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls ...

V-Dec 1997=100 base. CPI-W--Index for urban wage earners and clerical workers. The department also released data on U.S. real average weekly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls ...

The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is a variation of the consumer price index, as compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in the United States.

Social Security averages the CPI-W numbers from the third quarter (July ... expenses that seniors and retirees face. The following table shows medical cost increases for people with individual ...

V-Dec 1997=100 base. CPI-W--Index for urban wage earners and clerical workers. The department also released data on U.S. real average weekly earnings for nonsupervisory private workers outside the ...

President Obama has put Chained CPI on the table as part of his proposal to cut ... applying the CPI-W, or “Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers” to its formula.

Social Security's cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) are based on CPI-W inflation, which doesn't necessarily reflect the spending habits of retirees. The CPI-W places too little emphasis on the ...

Jason Pride, Chief of Investment Strategy & Research at Glenmede, echoed that sentiment: "It felt like the jobs report took a 50-bps November cut off the table, but this CPI report kicked it to ...

The core CPI, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, rose by 0.2% month-on-month and 3.4% over the past 12 months. The headline CPI, which includes all items, remained stable on a monthly ...