A potentially history-making COLA is on track to be dwarfed by a rapidly climbing expense for select retirees.

Costs can vary dramatically from one place to another, so even what looks like a big pay increase could actually be a step backward. Here's how to find out.

Social Security beneficiaries can expect a 3.2% cost-of-living increase next year. It's a smaller increase than the 8.7% bump recipients got this year, which was the largest in decades.

The phrase “cost of living” has been popping up a lot as inflation has boosted prices in the last few years. It’s also top of mind for policymakers — and for employers when they set ...

More than half a million people left New York City in 2022, 23% of them citing the high cost of living as one of the reasons they chose to move. Outgoing New Yorkers flocked to states like Florida ...