You have to be wary of making math mistakes with long-term inflation. 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 ...

Inflation is pushing up costs for groceries, gasoline, rent and other areas of household budgets at a faster-than-usual pace. The consumer price index jumped 8.6% in May relative to a year earlier, ...

Inflation eased slightly in April to an annual rate of 8.3 percent, down from an annual rate of 8.5 percent in March, according to data released Wednesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The ...

Inflation has been in the news a lot this year. There is continual discussion of the potential impact of Federal Reserve actions and federal government spending on inflation. Consumers worry about ...

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 ...

There are different types of inflation that could affect your long-term savings and investments. One such type is called cost-push inflation, which happens when prices go up because production costs, ...

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 ...