Section 1. Statutory Pay Systems. The rates of basic pay or salaries of the statutory pay systems (as defined in 5 U.S.C. 5302(1)), as adjusted under 5 U.S.C. 5303, are set forth on the schedules ...

The 2026 COLA was announced at 2.8% in October 2025. Fed projections suggest a potential 2027 COLA in the 2.3% to 2.6% range if CPI tracks slightly above PCE. Retirees relying on interest income from ...

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In the days after CMS finalized its 2026 physician fee schedule, dozens of physician organizations rebuked the rule and a 2.5% reduction the agency called an “efficiency adjustment.” Reimbursement ...

For all of Costco's advantages, including all the car-related perks of having a Costco membership, you'd think price matching would be included. Unfortunately, the warehouse retailer has yet to offer ...

Social Security benefits are eligible for a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) every year. This year's COLA announcement was delayed due to the government shutdown. While retirees should now have a ...

Retired federal workers will see their defined benefit pension payments increase slightly next year, though by how much depends largely on when they were hired. The Social Security Administration ...

FHFA Director Bill Pulte announced a review of loan-level price adjustments, led by Barry Habib, to potentially reduce fees for homeowners and buyers. The review could impact conventional mortgage ...

The Social Security Administration's annual cost-of-living adjustment announcement for 2026 has been delayed as the government shutdown lingers. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics was supposed to ...

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on Thursday announced annual inflation adjustments for dozens of tax provisions, along with changes made under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). The IRS' ...

The IRS on Thursday provided annual inflation adjustments for more than 60 tax provisions for tax year 2026 and increases to the standard deduction for tax year 2025 as prescribed in H.R. 1, P.L.

The World Bank updated the global poverty lines in September 2022. The decision, announced in May, follows the release in 2020 of new purchasing power parities (PPPs)—the main data used to convert ...