Final 2025 U.S. Inflation Report: What December CPI Says About 2026 Prices and Fed Rate Cuts
In 2025, the consumer price index (CPI) gradually cooled on paper, helped in part by falling gasoline prices, yet many households continued to feel strong pressure from high prices. Gasoline became cheaper, but electricity costs rose; rent growth slowed, but the burden of paying for groceries stayed heavy. Economists expect that prices in the twelve […]
How Trump One Big Beautiful Bill Changes Medicaid? Work Requirements, Caregiver Exemptions, and What States Must Do by 2027
Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” includes Medicaid changes that impose “community engagement” (work) requirements on certain beneficiaries ages 19 to 64. States must adopt the new requirements by Jan. 1, 2027, though there is still a runway before the provisions take effect. A key point is that qualifying family caregivers are exempt from the […]