Key Points CPI-W numbers control the Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment. New CPI-W numbers changed the future ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

CPI-W is the Customer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, and COLAs are generally equal to the percentage rise of the CPI-W. The CPI-W represents the prices of a basket of ...

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 ...