The Latest Breaking News from Inflation

Nightmarish labor market finally shows signs of letting up—and ‘vindication’ for Jerome Powell

“Low-hire, low-fire” is so 2025-coded as January suggests companies may actually be hiring in 2026. This jobs report made Maria Bartiromo say, “Wow.”

Fortune · Feb 11

“Lifestyle Creep” Audit: Why Your Two Incomes Feel Like One After 3 Years of Inflation

If you and your partner keep looking at the numbers and thinking, “We make good money, so why does it feel tight,” you’re not alone. Inflation didn’t just raise prices, it rewired what “normal” costs from week to week. A few small upgrades that felt harmless at the time can…

Dinks Finance · Feb 11

5 Ways to Save on Pet Food at the Grocery Store

If you’ve walked down the pet aisle lately, you know the sticker shock is real. In a lot of ways, inflation has hit the dog bowl harder than our own dinner plates. The pet food aisle is basically designed to guilt you into spending more with fancy marketing, but it’s…

Grocery Coupon Guide · Feb 11

Stop Buying These 9 Veggies and Start Growing Them for Free Instead

The produce section is designed to be a recurring subscription service: you buy the vegetable, eat it, and return next week to pay for it again. However, many common vegetables are biologically programmed to regenerate, meaning the “waste” you throw in the compost bin is actually a free seed starter.…

Grocery Coupon Guide · Feb 10

Most Europeans expect a more rapid increase in grocery prices in 2026

Surveys show that most Europeans still expect grocery prices to rise this year, despite ECB expectations that food costs increases will cool.

Euronews · Feb 10

The 1,000 Dollar Refund Surprise: Why 2026 Tax Checks Are Higher for Millions

It is the one time of year when we actually hope for a letter from the IRS. For years, we’ve been told to expect less and less from our tax returns as old credits expired and inflation ate into our deductions. But 2026 is turning out to be different. Millions…

Budget and the Bees · Feb 9

The Monthly Household Charges Quietly Draining Seniors’ Fixed Incomes

Inflation often feels like a sudden storm, but for seniors on fixed incomes, it is more like a slow, invisible leak. In 2026, the cost...

Saving Advice · Feb 9

Trump’s tax refund promises from the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ are temporary, the ‘sugar high will be short lived’

Trump didn’t account for inflation.

We Got This Covered · Feb 9

Social Security 2026 COLA: Why Your 2.8% Raise Disappeared After Medicare Deductions

Every fall, millions of retirees wait for the Social Security Administration to announce the next year’s cost‑of‑living adjustment, hoping the increase will help them keep pace with rising prices. For 2026, the COLA came in at 2.8 percent — a modest but meaningful bump meant to reflect cooling inflation and…

The Free Financial Advisor · Feb 9

What Does Barbara Corcoran Predict for the Housing Market in 2026?

Mortgage rates will come down, Corcoran predicted, but the Fed will hold firm on the federal funds rate until inflation reaches its target.

GOBankingRates · Feb 9