Early this year, the January jobs report came in hot. The economy added a whopping 353,000 new jobs — at least according to media reports. But what was actually happening to real people across the ...

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is the most widely used metric for consumer inflation changes over time and utilizes data based on consumer buying habits from a broad sample set of the population.

Statisticians seasonally adjust statistical series' in an attempt to make the data more understandable for those using the information. However, the seasonal adjustment of a data series requires that ...