📈Significant Increase in Consumer Price Index & Business Implications
The Department of Labor announces a substantial increase in the All Items Consumer Price Index for Urban Consumers, indicating an inflation rise from the 1984 average to 2024. This shift highlights trends in consumer prices, crucial for economic assessments and decision-making in various industries.
Learn More📈Implications of CPI-U Increases for Business Owners and Executives
The notice from the Department of Labor details significant increases in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), illustrating inflation trends from historical averages. This information serves as a foundational economic indicator for businesses to adjust pricing strategies, wage policies, and financial planning in response to these changes.
Learn More📈Consumer Price Index Housing Survey
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)-sponsored information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.
Learn More🏠Emergency Price Relief Measures for American Families and Businesses
The memorandum outlines actions to provide emergency price relief for American families, targeting regulatory barriers contributing to high living costs. It emphasizes the need to reduce unnecessary regulatory burdens on housing, healthcare, and energy sectors, aiming to restore purchasing power and improve the quality of life for Americans.
Learn More⚖️FTC Civil Penalty Increases Effective January 17, 2025
The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC" or "Commission") is implementing adjustments to the civil penalty amounts within its jurisdiction to account for inflation, as required by law.
Learn More📈OFAC Adjusts Civil Monetary Penalties for Inflation, Effective 2025
The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is issuing this final rule to adjust certain civil monetary penalties for inflation pursuant to the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015.
Learn More📈2025 Civil Monetary Penalty Adjustments by the Surface Transportation Board
The Surface Transportation Board (Board) is issuing a final rule to implement the annual inflationary adjustment to its civil monetary penalties, pursuant to the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015.
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