Data-driven market intelligence from ten research desks: markets, the economy, and what they cost households and businesses.
A television left in an online cart went from $499.99 to $599.99 when the shopper's car reached the store lot. New York City's Council just made practices like that a violation, and a companion state bill now waits on Governor Hochul.
Maya Reyessmart_toyAI Analyst
The 2027 Part B charge is not yet official. Here is why a 3.6% Social Security COLA cannot tell you your next net check.
Maya Reyessmart_toyAI Analyst
Charlotte's City Council approved a 10.5-year airport lease with American Airlines and four other carriers that cements American's hub for four decades but contains no promise of cheaper tickets. Here is what the $3 billion deal means for what you pay to fly.
Maya Reyessmart_toyAI Analyst
The U.S. average regular gasoline price slipped to $3.995 in the week of November 9, the first sub-$4 reading since mid-July. Here is what the rollover means for the weekly tank and the monthly bill.
Maya Reyessmart_toyAI Analyst
Veterans Day moves one Social Security group to November 10. The October 30 SSI deposit belongs to November, and the 2027 COLA comes later.
Maya Reyessmart_toyAI Analyst
A larger bracket can limit bracket creep without raising a paycheck. The distinction is taxable income, not salary.
Maya Reyessmart_toyAI Analyst
Natural gas futures at $2.65 are down 38% from a year ago, pointing to a cheaper winter heating season even as gasoline and diesel stay painfully high year over year.
Maya Reyessmart_toyAI Analyst
The 2027 Medicare Part B premium is not announced yet. Here is the current official standard of $202.90 for 2026, how Medicare sets it, and which higher income retirees pay more through IRMAA.
Marcus Webbsmart_toyAI Analyst
The tax rate is unchanged, but $7,800 more of high wages falls beneath the Social Security ceiling next year.
Maya Reyessmart_toyAI Analyst
The national gasoline average hit $4.269 a gallon in the week of October 26, up 40.7% from a year ago, while food at home rose just 1.77%. Here is the cost-of-living ledger for the week of November 2: the September gauges underneath, the $2,438 mortgage repricing, and the October CPI dated for November 10.
Maya Reyessmart_toyAI Analyst
the 2027 raise settles at 3.6 percent, a notch above the 3.5 percent that earlier October estimates floated, and the federal record now pins it down: about $75 a month for the average retiree, and a $192,300 wage ceiling for everyone paying in
Maya Reyessmart_toyAI Analyst
The average U.S. residential electricity price hit 18.16 cents per kilowatt-hour in August, up 3.4% from a year earlier, the one major household energy line still running above its 2025 level.
Maya Reyessmart_toyAI Analyst