Inflation and Economic Security
Trump Cut to Food Security Survey Could Make Measuring U.S. Hunger Harder
| Reuters Staff | Reuters | July 9, 2026
A Reuters report explains how ending a long-running federal food security survey could make it harder to measure hunger, especially as inflation and SNAP cuts continue to affect household economic security.
Half of Americans Struggle to Afford Groceries and Gas, Poll Finds
| Michael Sainato | The Guardian | July 7, 2026
This article reports on polling showing that many Americans see affordability as a crisis, with groceries, gasoline, debt, and wage pressure shaping household insecurity.
Financial Worries Rise as Cost-of-Living Pressures Mount
This report summarizes global survey findings showing that financial worries now rival health concerns as people struggle with food, housing, and everyday expenses.
Food Security Update
| World Bank Staff | World Bank | June 30, 2026
The World Bank tracks global food price inflation and food insecurity, showing how rising food costs continue to threaten vulnerable households in low-income countries.
Seventeen States and Localities Are Increasing Their Minimum Wage This July
| Economic Policy Institute Staff | Economic Policy Institute | June 29, 2026
This article explains how minimum wage increases can help offset inflation and improve economic security for low-wage workers in high-cost communities.
Rebuilding Living Standards and Economic Security
| Joseph Rowntree Foundation Staff | Joseph Rowntree Foundation | June 29, 2026
This policy report examines how rent, income, and debt pressures undermine household security and proposes reforms to rebuild living standards.
Key Facts About the Uninsured Population
| KFF Staff | KFF | June 16, 2026
This article shows how health insurance affordability remains a major part of economic insecurity, especially for adults who say coverage is too expensive.
Inflation Hits Three-Year High
| AP Staff | Associated Press | June 13, 2026
This news article reports that rising gas prices pushed U.S. inflation higher, adding pressure to household budgets and complicating Federal Reserve decisions.
Myths vs. Facts About the Minimum Wage
| Economic Policy Institute Staff | Economic Policy Institute | June 1, 2026
This article answers common claims about minimum wage policy and connects wage floors to affordability, poverty reduction, and worker security.
Consumer Prices, OECD: May 2026 Update
| OECD Staff | OECD | May 2026
This OECD update reports that inflation rose across many member countries, with energy and food prices continuing to affect household purchasing power.
Spring 2026 Economic Forecast
| European Commission Staff | European Commission | May 21, 2026
This forecast warns that energy shocks can spread through food, transport, and services, raising the cost of living for households.
Setting High Standards for a Federal Minimum Wage
| Economic Policy Institute Staff | Economic Policy Institute | May 21, 2026
This report argues that the federal minimum wage has lost purchasing power to inflation and that higher wage standards would improve economic security.
Responding to the Energy and Food Price Shock
| Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, Borja Gracia, Delphine Prady, Rodrigo Valdés | IMF | May 20, 2026
This IMF article discusses how governments can protect vulnerable households from food and energy shocks while preserving price signals.
America in Focus: Hotter Inflation Does Not Stop Consumers
| AP Staff | Associated Press | May 16, 2026
This article covers inflation driven by gasoline and consumer costs, showing the tension between continued spending and rising household strain.
Taking Affordability Seriously
| Economic Policy Institute Staff | Economic Policy Institute | May 14, 2026
This article argues that affordability is not only about inflation but also about whether wages keep pace with the cost of necessities.
High Cost of Living: Impact on Households
| House of Commons Library Staff | House of Commons Library | May 15, 2026
This briefing examines how past inflation continues to affect household incomes, poverty, food insecurity, savings, and debt.
Key Facts About Health Care Affordability
| KFF Staff | KFF | April 30, 2026
This KFF article shows how health costs remain difficult for many families, especially low-income households facing broader affordability pressures.
Medicaid Eligibility Levels for Older Adults and People With Disabilities
| KFF Staff | KFF | April 30, 2026
This article explains how Medicaid income and asset rules shape health and economic security for older adults and disabled people.
Food Insecurity Remained High in 2025
| Michael Karpman | Urban Institute | March 2026
This Urban Institute report finds that food insecurity remained elevated after the inflation surge and warns that safety-net cuts could worsen hardship.
Food Insecurity Remained Disproportionately Higher Among Black and Hispanic Adults
This report shows how food insecurity is unevenly distributed by race and ethnicity, linking inflation and household costs to unequal economic security.
Why Financial Distress Matters to Households
| Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Staff | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | March 25, 2026
This article explains how financial distress affects credit access, housing stability, spending, and long-term household security.
Adjusting Minimum Wages for Inflation
| Economic Policy Institute Staff | Economic Policy Institute | March 23, 2026
This report explains why indexing wages to inflation helps protect workers from losing purchasing power over time.
Eight Trends Shaping 2026 Healthcare Costs
| Health System Tracker Staff | Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker | March 17, 2026
This article shows how health care costs contribute to the affordability crisis alongside food, rent, utilities, and other household expenses.
Consumer Prices, OECD: January 2026 Update
| OECD Staff | OECD | March 11, 2026
This statistical release tracks falling but still significant inflation pressures across OECD countries, with implications for household purchasing power.
Balancing Current Tensions Between Inflation and Employment
| Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Staff | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | March 3, 2026
This article explains the policy tradeoff between reducing inflation and maintaining employment, both central to economic security.
Low-Wage Workers Faced Worsening Affordability in 2025
| Economic Policy Institute Staff | Economic Policy Institute | February 5, 2026
This article reports that real wages declined for low-wage workers in 2025, showing how even lower inflation can coincide with worse affordability.
Inflation: Key Measures to Understand
| Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Staff | CBPP | January 16, 2026
This explainer defines key inflation measures and explains how price changes affect households, policy, and economic stability.
Inflation Cooled Slightly in December
| AP Staff | Associated Press | January 13, 2026
This article reports on easing but still elevated inflation, showing why families may still feel pressure even when inflation rates decline.
Inflation Rate 3.3 Percent in 2025
| Statistics Netherlands Staff | Statistics Netherlands | January 13, 2026
This article explains how housing, rents, and consumer prices contributed to inflation in the Netherlands.
Consumer Prices, OECD: November 2025 Update
| OECD Staff | OECD | January 12, 2026
This OECD update shows how headline, food, and energy inflation shifted across countries at the end of 2025.
Post-Pandemic Trends in Extreme Poverty Around the World
| World Bank Staff | World Bank Blogs | January 7, 2026
This article connects inflation, growth, and poverty trends, showing how economic recovery does not always translate evenly into household security.
Economic Bulletin Issue 8, 2025
| European Central Bank Staff | European Central Bank | January 7, 2026
This bulletin reviews euro area inflation trends and monetary policy, including projections for prices and household purchasing power.
Food Security Update, December 2025
| World Bank Staff | World Bank | December 19, 2025
This update tracks food price inflation and food insecurity, showing how high prices continue to pressure household budgets in vulnerable countries.
European Consumers Still Will Not Spend
| ING Staff | ING Think | December 11, 2025
This article explains why consumers may remain cautious even when wages improve, because inflation and uncertainty affect confidence.
Why Inflation Expectations Are Important to Policymakers
| Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Staff | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | November 12, 2025
This explainer shows why household and business expectations can influence future inflation and economic decision-making.
A Weakening Economy and a Drastically Cut Economic Support System
| CBPP Staff | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | November 5, 2025
This article argues that weakening economic conditions and reduced safety-net supports can increase insecurity for low-income households.
Consumer Prices, OECD: September 2025 Update
| OECD Staff | OECD | November 5, 2025
This OECD release reports that headline inflation remained broadly stable but still elevated across many countries.
How BLS Inflation Data Can Affect Families' Everyday Purchasing Decisions
| Urban Institute Staff | Urban Institute | October 31, 2025
This article explains how monthly inflation data translate into real household choices about gasoline, food, vehicles, and other necessities.
2025 Employer Health Benefits Survey
| KFF Staff | KFF | October 22, 2025
This survey shows how employer health premiums have grown faster than inflation over time, adding pressure to family budgets.
Health Care Costs and Affordability
| KFF Staff | KFF | October 8, 2025
This explainer summarizes why health care costs often grow faster than inflation and remain central to household financial stress.
Rising Inflation and a Deteriorating Job Market Put the Fed in a Bind
| AP Staff | Associated Press | September 11, 2025
This article explains how rising prices and weakening labor conditions together threaten economic security.
Consumer Prices, OECD: July 2025 Update
| OECD Staff | OECD | September 8, 2025
This OECD release tracks inflation across member countries and shows how price pressures remained persistent through mid-2025.
To Understand 2024 Census Data, Keep the Bigger Story in Mind
| CBPP Staff | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | September 5, 2025
This article explains how income, inflation, wages, and public supports shape poverty and economic security statistics.
Key Facts About the U.S. National Debt
| Pew Research Center Staff | Pew Research Center | August 12, 2025
This article explains the national debt and its relationship to federal fiscal choices, interest costs, and long-term economic policy.
Consumer Prices, OECD: May 2025 Update
| OECD Staff | OECD | July 3, 2025
This release shows that inflation had slowed from its peak but price levels remained much higher than before the pandemic.
Food Security Update, June 2025
| World Bank Staff | World Bank | June 13, 2025
This update explains how food prices remained high in many countries even when official inflation rates had started to fall.
Consumer Prices, OECD: April 2025 Update
| OECD Staff | OECD | June 5, 2025
This OECD update reports stable but elevated inflation, highlighting continuing pressure on consumers.
Kenya Inflation Eases and Remains Below Midpoint of Target Range
| FocusEconomics Staff | FocusEconomics | May 30, 2025
This article reports on Kenya inflation trends and shows how transport, housing, and food prices shape household cost pressures.
What the Data Says About Social Security
| Pew Research Center Staff | Pew Research Center | May 20, 2025
This article explains how Social Security benefits are adjusted for inflation and why they matter for retirement security.
Five Facts About Food Costs in America
| Pew Research Center Staff | Pew Research Center | May 15, 2025
This article shows how food-at-home prices rose sharply after 2020, helping explain why households still feel squeezed.
More Americans Say Personal Finances Will Be Worse a Year From Now
| Pew Research Center Staff | Pew Research Center | May 7, 2025
This article reports rising pessimism about family finances, reflecting ongoing affordability concerns.
The Federal Minimum Wage Is Officially a Poverty Wage in 2025
| Economic Policy Institute Staff | Economic Policy Institute | April 28, 2025
This article argues that the federal minimum wage has fallen so far behind inflation that full-time work at that wage leaves workers below poverty.
Food Security Update, April 2025
| World Bank Staff | World Bank | April 25, 2025
This update shows that food price inflation remained high in many low- and middle-income countries, threatening food access.
Economic Experts Survey: Inflation Rates Expected to Rise Worldwide
| ifo Institute Staff | ifo Institute | April 9, 2025
This survey reports expert expectations for global inflation, showing how persistent price pressure can affect planning and security.
The Impact of the Raise the Wage Act of 2025
| Economic Policy Institute Staff | Economic Policy Institute | April 8, 2025
This fact sheet estimates how a higher federal minimum wage would raise pay for millions of low-wage workers.
World Economic Outlook, April 2025
| IMF Staff | International Monetary Fund | April 2025
This IMF chapter discusses inflation, food and energy prices, and risks to growth, poverty, and food security.
Households Faced Persistent Challenges Affording Food in 2024
| Dulce Gonzalez, Michael Karpman, Poonam Gupta, Elaine Waxman | Urban Institute | March 2025
This report shows that many households continued to struggle with food costs after the inflation spike.
Consumer Prices, OECD: January 2025 Update
| OECD Staff | OECD | March 5, 2025
This release reports inflation levels across OECD countries at the start of 2025 and tracks food, energy, and headline price changes.
Americans Continue to View Several Economic Issues as Top National Problems
| Pew Research Center Staff | Pew Research Center | February 20, 2025
This article reports that inflation remained a top concern for Americans, alongside other economic pressures.
Food Security Update, February 2025
| World Bank Staff | World Bank | February 14, 2025
This update shows that domestic food price inflation remained high in many low-income countries.
Five Alarming Statistics on Global Hunger
| World Bank Staff | World Bank Blogs | January 27, 2025
This article explains how food prices can push millions into extreme poverty and worsen food insecurity.
Measuring the True Cost of Economic Security
| Gregory Acs | Urban Institute | November 2024
This report examines the real costs families face to achieve economic security, including housing, child care, health care, and transportation.
House Republican Agendas and Project 2025 Would Increase Poverty and Hardship
| CBPP Staff | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | September 3, 2024
This article argues that proposed cuts to health care, food assistance, housing, and income supports would increase economic hardship.
The State of the American Middle Class
| Pew Research Center Staff | Pew Research Center | May 31, 2024
This article examines how the middle class has changed and why many households feel less financially secure.
Africa's Inflation Among Region's Most Urgent Challenges
| IMF Staff | International Monetary Fund | October 20, 2022
This IMF article explains how food and energy inflation hit African households especially hard because they spend a large share of income on necessities.
How the American Middle Class Has Changed in the Past Five Decades
| Pew Research Center Staff | Pew Research Center | April 20, 2022
This article tracks the shrinking middle class and provides background for understanding modern economic insecurity.
Economic Security Programs Reduce Overall Poverty
| CBPP Staff | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | July 1, 2021
This report shows how public income supports reduce poverty and improve household economic security.
Trends in Income and Wealth Inequality
| Pew Research Center Staff | Pew Research Center | January 9, 2020
This report provides long-term context for understanding why inflation affects households differently depending on income and wealth.
What Is the Difference Between Income and Wealth?
| Pew Research Center Staff | Pew Research Center | July 23, 2021
This explainer defines income and wealth, two key measures of household financial security.
Raising the Federal Minimum Wage to $15 by 2025
| Economic Policy Institute Staff | Economic Policy Institute | March 9, 2021
This report argues that higher wage floors would lift pay for millions of workers and reduce poverty-level wages.
The Productivity-Pay Gap
| Economic Policy Institute Staff | Economic Policy Institute | March 23, 2026
This article explains how wages have failed to keep pace with productivity, helping explain long-term affordability problems.
A Framework to Evaluate Affordability Proposals
| CBPP Staff | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | June 15, 2026
This article proposes ways to judge affordability policies by whether they reduce costs for families most in need.
The American Affordability Tracker
| Urban Institute Staff | Urban Institute | 2026
This data tool tracks earnings, household costs, and financial strain to show where affordability pressures are most severe.
Improving Household Financial Security and Upward Mobility
| Urban Institute Staff | Urban Institute | 2025
This event page discusses policy strategies for helping families manage inflation, basic needs, and financial instability.
Vulnerable People Could Be Targeted for Painful Cuts
| CBPP Staff | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | 2025
This article explains how cuts to TANF and other income supports would weaken economic security for families with low incomes.
Trump Administration and Congressional Republicans Are Worsening Poverty and Inequality
| CBPP Staff | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | December 18, 2025
This article argues that tax and benefit policy choices can worsen poverty even when some provisions are indexed for inflation.
The Economy Posed Challenges for Black Households and Black-Owned Businesses in 2025
| Gbenga Ajilore | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | February 3, 2026
This article shows how inflation, labor market weakness, and policy changes can disproportionately affect Black households.
K-Shaped Economy Explained
| AP Staff | Associated Press | December 1, 2025
This article explains how higher-income households can thrive while lower-income households struggle with high prices and weaker income gains.
Rents Hit Record High in Australia
| News.com.au Staff | News.com.au | July 2026
This article shows how housing shortages and rent increases intensify economic insecurity for renters.
One in Three Pensioners Will Be Renting in Retirement
| The Times Staff | The Times | July 2026
This article examines how rising housing costs and lower homeownership threaten retirement security.
Rent Freeze Debate in New York
This article explores rent regulation as a response to housing affordability and tenant insecurity.
Why 26 Percent of Americans Are Spending More Than They Earn
| Investopedia Staff | Investopedia | July 2026
This article reports rising financial strain, bill-payment difficulty, and anxiety as household expenses outpace income.
Inflation Has Eroded Wages for the College Class of 2026
| Investopedia Staff | Investopedia | July 2026
This article shows how inflation can weaken the real earnings of new graduates and delay savings, debt repayment, and housing plans.
Food Industry Workers Skipping Meals
| Food & Wine Staff | Food & Wine | July 2026
This article reports that many restaurant workers face food insecurity despite working in the food service economy.
Inside the Food Basket: What Is Behind Recent Food Inflation?
| European Central Bank Staff | European Central Bank | 2026
This article explains how specific food items can keep food inflation elevated even after broad inflation slows.
Economic Bulletin Issue 1, 2026
| European Central Bank Staff | European Central Bank | 2026
This bulletin reviews euro area inflation, wage growth, and monetary policy conditions affecting households.
Economic Bulletin Issue 2, 2026
| European Central Bank Staff | European Central Bank | 2026
This bulletin discusses inflation projections, energy costs, wage pressures, and household demand.
Latest Cost-of-Living Adjustment
| Social Security Administration Staff | Social Security Administration | 2026
This page explains how Social Security benefits are adjusted for inflation, protecting retirees from some purchasing-power loss.
Consumer Prices, OECD: December 2025 Update
| OECD Staff | OECD | February 9, 2026
This OECD release tracks headline, food, core, and energy inflation across member countries.
The Risk of Higher U.S. Inflation in 2026
| Peterson Institute Staff | Peterson Institute for International Economics | January 20, 2026
This article analyzes risks that inflation could remain elevated, including service costs and policy pressures.
Global Report on Food Crises 2026
| World Food Programme Staff | World Food Programme | July 2026
This report documents acute food insecurity and shows how conflict, climate shocks, and high prices combine to threaten survival.
Spatial Accessibility to Food Banks Hinders Food Parcel Uptake
| Laura Sheppard et al. | arXiv | June 23, 2026
This study links cost-of-living hardship to food bank access, showing how geography can worsen food insecurity.
Does the Financialization of Agricultural Commodities Impact Food Security?
| Manogna R. L. and Nishil Kulkarni | arXiv | February 8, 2025
This study examines how commodity-market financialization may affect food security, especially in developing countries.
The Probability of Food Security
This paper develops long-term household food security measures using U.S. panel data.
Unequal Journeys to Food Markets
| Robert Benassai-Dalmau et al. | arXiv | May 12, 2025
This study shows how unequal access to food markets in Africa can worsen food insecurity and economic inequality.
The Changing Drivers of Inflation: The Case of Food
| A. Bernardina | ScienceDirect | 2025
This article reviews how supply chains, energy, climate shocks, and war have driven food inflation.
The Impact of Temperature and Rainfall Volatility on Food Prices
| C. Adam et al. | International Monetary Fund | 2025
This IMF paper examines how climate volatility can increase food price volatility and affect inflation forecasting.
Bolstering Social Protection and Human Capital
| B. Sarr | International Monetary Fund | 2025
This paper examines subsidies, social protection, and cost-of-living responses in the context of high food and fuel prices.
Belize: Selected Issues
| IMF Staff | International Monetary Fund | May 14, 2024
This IMF report discusses policy options for protecting vulnerable households from food price inflation.
Food Prices and Poverty
| IMF / World Bank Staff | IMF eLibrary | 2012
This chapter explains how high and volatile food prices hurt food security and poor households.
Understanding India's Food Inflation Through the Lens of Demand and Supply
| R. Anand et al. | IMF eLibrary | 2014
This chapter examines food inflation drivers in India and the links between demand, supply, and household welfare.
The Impact of Job Stability on Monetary Poverty in Italy
| Katarzyna Reluga et al. | arXiv | February 17, 2025
This paper analyzes how job stability affects poverty, showing why secure work is central to economic security.
Liquidity Shocks, Homeownership, and Income Inequality
| Hamza Hanbali, Gaurav Khemka, Himasha Warnakulasooriya | arXiv | November 3, 2025
This paper examines how housing policy and liquidity shocks affect homeownership, inequality, and retirement security.
The Impact of Economic Policies on Housing Prices
| Nicolas Houlié | arXiv | April 10, 2025
This paper analyzes how macroeconomic factors such as inflation, interest rates, and central-bank policy affect housing prices.
Climate and Societal Disruptions on Food Prices
| Emile Esmaili et al. | arXiv | February 10, 2025
This historical study shows how climate shocks and conflict can combine to raise food prices and worsen insecurity.
Breakeven Inflation
| FRED Blog Staff | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | March 24, 2025
This article explains market-based inflation expectations and why they matter for economic planning.
The Dynamics of Long-Run Inflation Expectations
This paper examines market-based measures of long-run inflation expectations.
Food Security and Food Insecurity Statistics
| World Bank Staff | World Bank | 2026
This World Bank page provides ongoing data on food price inflation, hunger, and food-system stress.
OECD Inflation and Cost of Living
This OECD topic page tracks inflation and cost-of-living pressures across member countries.
Ipsos Cost of Living Monitor 2025
| Ipsos Staff | Ipsos | November 20, 2025
This global survey reports that many people expect inflation to rise and continue to worry about household affordability.
KFF/New York Times 2025 Survey of Immigrants
| KFF and New York Times Staff | KFF | November 18, 2025
This survey includes immigrant voters' views on inflation, tariffs, and economic issues.
Rented Housing
| Government of the Netherlands Staff | Government.nl | 2026
This government page explains rent increase limits tied to inflation and wage development.
Rental Price Increases in 2025
| Expat Housing Staff | Expat Housing | 2025
This article explains rent increase rules and how rent policy can protect tenants from excessive inflation-linked costs.
The Cost of Living in the Netherlands in 2026
| Expatica Staff | Expatica | 2026
This guide summarizes transportation, housing, grocery, and other living costs in the Netherlands.
Economic Survey 2026
| Kenya National Bureau of Statistics | KNBS | April 30, 2026
This official survey provides economic data for Kenya, including inflation, production, employment, and household-relevant indicators.
If Inflation Is Down, Why Does Life Still Feel Expensive?
| Institute of Economic Affairs Kenya Staff | IEA Kenya | July 9, 2025
This article explains why lower inflation rates do not necessarily mean prices have become affordable for households.
Consumer Price Inflation and Household Budgets
| Bureau of Labor Statistics Staff | Bureau of Labor Statistics | 2026
This official CPI page provides the basic data used to measure how prices change for consumers.
Consumer Expenditure Surveys
| Bureau of Labor Statistics Staff | Bureau of Labor Statistics | 2026
This data source shows how households spend money across food, housing, transportation, health care, and other necessities.
Real Earnings
| Bureau of Labor Statistics Staff | Bureau of Labor Statistics | 2026
This BLS release tracks whether wages are rising faster or slower than inflation.
Employment Situation
| Bureau of Labor Statistics Staff | Bureau of Labor Statistics | 2026
This monthly release shows employment and unemployment trends that affect economic security.
Consumer Price Index Summary
| Bureau of Labor Statistics Staff | Bureau of Labor Statistics | 2026
This monthly release reports inflation by category, including food, energy, housing, and medical care.
Personal Income and Outlays
| Bureau of Economic Analysis Staff | Bureau of Economic Analysis | 2026
This release tracks income, spending, savings, and PCE inflation, key measures of household financial health.
Gross Domestic Product
| Bureau of Economic Analysis Staff | Bureau of Economic Analysis | 2026
This release shows broad economic growth and price changes that frame the household economy.
Federal Reserve Monetary Policy Reports
| Federal Reserve Staff | Federal Reserve Board | 2026
These reports explain inflation, labor markets, interest rates, and household financial conditions.
Survey of Consumer Finances
| Federal Reserve Staff | Federal Reserve Board | 2026
This survey provides data on household wealth, debt, savings, and financial resilience.
Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households
| Federal Reserve Staff | Federal Reserve Board | 2026
This survey tracks household financial well-being, emergency savings, expenses, and economic stress.
Household Debt and Credit Report
| Federal Reserve Bank of New York Staff | New York Fed | 2026
This report tracks household debt, delinquencies, student loans, mortgages, and credit-card stress.
Credit Card and Household Debt Pressures
| Federal Reserve Bank of New York Staff | New York Fed | 2026
This topic page provides research on household debt and financial vulnerability.
SNAP and Food Assistance
| CBPP Staff | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | 2026
This collection explains how food assistance programs reduce hunger and protect household economic security.
Housing Assistance
| CBPP Staff | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | 2026
This collection covers rental assistance, housing affordability, and how housing costs drive insecurity.
Income Security
| CBPP Staff | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | 2026
This collection explains programs that support household income, reduce poverty, and buffer inflation shocks.
Poverty and Inequality
| CBPP Staff | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | 2026
This collection tracks poverty, inequality, and policy choices that shape economic security.
Minimum Wage
| Economic Policy Institute Staff | Economic Policy Institute | 2026
This research collection explains how wage policy affects low-wage workers and affordability.
Wages, Incomes, and Wealth
| Economic Policy Institute Staff | Economic Policy Institute | 2026
This collection provides research on wages, inequality, and worker purchasing power.
Family Budget Calculator
| Economic Policy Institute Staff | Economic Policy Institute | 2026
This tool estimates the income families need for a modest but adequate standard of living by location.
Urban Institute Food Insecurity Research
| Urban Institute Staff | Urban Institute | 2026
This collection tracks food hardship, household affordability, and the effects of safety-net policy.
Urban Institute Housing Affordability Research
| Urban Institute Staff | Urban Institute | 2026
This collection covers rents, homeownership, mortgage access, and housing insecurity.
Urban Institute Taxes and Families Research
| Urban Institute Staff | Urban Institute | 2026
This research area examines how taxes, credits, and public budgets affect household economic security.
Pew Research Economy and Work
| Pew Research Center Staff | Pew Research Center | 2026
This collection includes surveys on inflation concerns, family finances, work, and economic expectations.
KFF Health Costs
This collection explains how medical bills, premiums, deductibles, and drug costs affect household financial security.
KFF Medicaid
This collection tracks Medicaid policy and its role in health and financial security for low-income households.
KFF Medicare
This collection covers Medicare costs, benefits, premiums, and out-of-pocket expenses for older adults.
World Bank Poverty
| World Bank Staff | World Bank | 2026
This topic page explains global poverty trends and the role of inflation, food prices, and growth in household welfare.
World Bank Agriculture and Food
| World Bank Staff | World Bank | 2026
This topic page covers food systems, agricultural prices, and food security.
IMF Inflation Research
| IMF Staff | International Monetary Fund | 2026
This topic page provides IMF research and analysis on inflation trends and policy responses.
IMF World Economic Outlook
| IMF Staff | International Monetary Fund | 2026
This publication series tracks global growth, inflation, poverty risks, and household-relevant macroeconomic trends.
OECD Economic Outlook
This outlook analyzes inflation, growth, labor markets, and living standards across advanced economies.
OECD Income Inequality
This topic page explains inequality and how economic gains and costs are distributed across households.
OECD Social Protection
This topic page explains how social protection systems help households cope with income shocks and cost pressures.
Food and Agriculture Organization Food Price Index
| FAO Staff | Food and Agriculture Organization | 2026
This index tracks global food commodity prices, a key driver of food affordability.
State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World
| FAO, IFAD, UNICEF, WFP, WHO | FAO | 2025
This annual report examines hunger, food price inflation, and nutrition security worldwide.
USDA Food Security in the U.S.
| USDA Economic Research Service Staff | USDA ERS | 2026
This page provides U.S. food insecurity data and explains how households struggle to afford adequate food.
USDA Food Price Outlook
| USDA Economic Research Service Staff | USDA ERS | 2026
This data product forecasts food price inflation and shows how grocery costs change over time.
USDA Food Expenditure Series
| USDA Economic Research Service Staff | USDA ERS | 2026
This dataset tracks how much households and the economy spend on food.
Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
| Administration for Children and Families Staff | ACF | 2026
This page explains LIHEAP, a program that helps low-income households manage energy costs.
Energy Information Administration Short-Term Energy Outlook
| Energy Information Administration Staff | EIA | 2026
This forecast tracks energy prices, which influence inflation and household utility and fuel costs.
Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update
| Energy Information Administration Staff | EIA | 2026
This data page tracks fuel prices that directly affect transportation costs and inflation expectations.
HUD Rental Assistance
| HUD Staff | U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development | 2026
This page explains federal rental assistance programs that help reduce housing insecurity.
HUD Worst Case Housing Needs
This report series tracks severe housing problems among very low-income renters.
National Low Income Housing Coalition Out of Reach
| National Low Income Housing Coalition Staff | NLIHC | 2026
This annual report compares wages and rents to show how housing costs exceed what many workers can afford.
The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes
| National Low Income Housing Coalition Staff | NLIHC | 2026
This report shows the shortage of affordable rental homes for extremely low-income renters.
ALICE in the Crosscurrents
| United For ALICE Staff | United For ALICE | 2026
This project tracks households that earn above poverty but still cannot afford basic necessities.
MIT Living Wage Calculator
| MIT Staff | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 2026
This tool estimates the wage needed to meet basic costs by location and family type.
Federal Poverty Guidelines
| HHS ASPE Staff | U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | 2026
This page provides poverty guidelines used for program eligibility, though they often understate true living costs.
Census Poverty in the United States
| Census Bureau Staff | U.S. Census Bureau | 2026
This page provides poverty data used to understand economic insecurity.
Census Income in the United States
| Census Bureau Staff | U.S. Census Bureau | 2026
This page tracks household income and helps show whether incomes are keeping up with inflation.
Census Supplemental Poverty Measure
| Census Bureau Staff | U.S. Census Bureau | 2026
This measure accounts for taxes, benefits, and regional costs, giving a fuller picture of economic security.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Credit Cards
| CFPB Staff | Consumer Financial Protection Bureau | 2026
This page tracks credit card markets, which reflect household borrowing and financial stress.
CFPB Consumer Credit Trends
| CFPB Staff | Consumer Financial Protection Bureau | 2026
This data source tracks mortgages, credit cards, auto loans, student loans, and delinquency trends.
FINRA National Financial Capability Study
| FINRA Investor Education Foundation Staff | FINRA Foundation | 2025
This survey measures financial capability, emergency savings, debt stress, and household financial resilience.
Northwestern Mutual Planning and Progress Study
| Northwestern Mutual Staff | Northwestern Mutual | 2025
This survey tracks financial anxiety, inflation concerns, savings, and retirement security.
Bankrate Emergency Savings Report
| Bankrate Staff | Bankrate | 2026
This report tracks whether households can cover emergency expenses, a core measure of economic security.
AARP Financial Security Trends
This research collection covers retirement, inflation, caregiving costs, and older adult financial security.
Retirement Security and Inflation
| Social Security Administration Staff | Social Security Administration | 2026
This policy page provides research on Social Security, inflation adjustments, retirement income, and poverty among older adults.
Pension Rights and Retirement Security
| Pension Rights Center Staff | Pension Rights Center | 2026
This resource covers pensions, retirement income, and the economic security of older workers and retirees.
Student Loan Debt and Household Security
| Federal Student Aid Staff | U.S. Department of Education | 2026
This data source tracks student loan debt, which affects household budgets, credit, and long-term financial stability.
Child Care Costs and Family Budgets
| Child Care Aware of America Staff | Child Care Aware of America | 2026
This report series shows how child care costs consume large shares of family income.
Child Tax Credit and Poverty
| CBPP Staff | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | 2026
This collection explains how child tax credits affect poverty, family income, and economic security.
Earned Income Tax Credit
| CBPP Staff | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | 2026
This collection explains how the EITC supports low- and moderate-income workers.
SNAP Is Effective and Efficient
| CBPP Staff | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | 2026
This article explains how SNAP reduces hunger and supports low-income household budgets.
Housing Choice Vouchers
| CBPP Staff | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | 2026
This resource explains how vouchers help households afford rent and avoid homelessness.
Eviction Lab
| Eviction Lab Staff | Princeton University | 2026
This data source tracks evictions, showing how housing instability reflects economic insecurity.
Household Pulse Survey
| Census Bureau Staff | U.S. Census Bureau | 2026
This survey measures household hardship, food insecurity, housing insecurity, and difficulty paying expenses.
Opportunity Insights Economic Tracker
| Opportunity Insights Staff | Opportunity Insights | 2026
This tracker provides data on employment, spending, and economic recovery across income groups.
Inflation Reduction and Family Affordability
| White House Staff | White House | 2026
This collection includes administration statements on inflation, costs, wages, and economic policy.
Congressional Budget Office Economic Outlook
| Congressional Budget Office Staff | CBO | 2026
This CBO topic page provides projections for inflation, unemployment, interest rates, and economic growth.
CBO Distribution of Household Income
| Congressional Budget Office Staff | CBO | 2026
This collection explains how income, taxes, and transfers are distributed across households.
Treasury Economic Policy
| U.S. Treasury Staff | U.S. Treasury | 2026
This page provides economic policy analysis on inflation, growth, labor markets, and household conditions.
Treasury Fiscal Data
| U.S. Treasury Staff | U.S. Treasury | 2026
This data source tracks federal revenue, spending, and debt, which shape long-term fiscal policy.
Federal Reserve Beige Book
| Federal Reserve Staff | Federal Reserve Board | 2026
This report summarizes regional economic conditions, including prices, wages, consumer spending, and labor markets.
Consumer Sentiment
| University of Michigan Staff | University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers | 2026
This survey tracks how households feel about inflation, income, prices, and the economy.
Conference Board Consumer Confidence
| Conference Board Staff | The Conference Board | 2026
This index measures consumer expectations and confidence, which often reflect inflation and economic insecurity.
Gallup Economy and Personal Finance
| Gallup Staff | Gallup | 2026
This polling collection tracks public views of inflation, finances, and economic conditions.
Monetary Policy and Household Costs
| Brookings Institution Staff | Brookings | 2026
This research collection explains how interest rates and inflation policy affect borrowing costs, employment, and household security.
Brookings Future of the Middle Class
| Brookings Institution Staff | Brookings | 2026
This series explores middle-class security, affordability, income, and mobility.
Brookings Poverty and Opportunity
| Brookings Institution Staff | Brookings | 2026
This research area covers poverty, economic mobility, and policies affecting household security.
Economic Security Project
| Economic Security Project Staff | Economic Security Project | 2026
This organization publishes research and advocacy on income supports, tax credits, and household financial stability.
Groundwork Collaborative Inflation Research
| Groundwork Collaborative Staff | Groundwork Collaborative | 2026
This organization studies inflation, corporate pricing, wages, and affordability.
Roosevelt Institute Inflation and Inequality
| Roosevelt Institute Staff | Roosevelt Institute | 2026
This research center publishes analysis on inflation, market power, inequality, and household costs.
NBER Inflation Research
| NBER Staff | National Bureau of Economic Research | 2026
This research collection includes academic work on inflation causes, effects, and policy responses.
NBER Household Finance
| NBER Staff | National Bureau of Economic Research | 2026
This research area covers debt, savings, borrowing, and household financial resilience.
IMF Social Protection Research
| IMF Staff | International Monetary Fund | 2026
This topic page examines social spending, subsidies, and policies that protect households from shocks.
World Bank Social Protection
| World Bank Staff | World Bank | 2026
This topic page explains how safety nets, cash transfers, and social insurance protect households from poverty.
World Bank Poverty and Shared Prosperity
| World Bank Staff | World Bank | 2026
This publication series tracks global poverty, inequality, and economic security.
United Nations Cost-of-Living Crisis
| UNCTAD Staff | UNCTAD | 2026
This topic page explains the global cost-of-living crisis and its links to food, energy, finance, and trade.
ILO Wages and Working Time
| International Labour Organization Staff | ILO | 2026
This topic page covers wage trends, minimum wages, and the relationship between pay and living standards.
ILO Global Wage Report
| International Labour Organization Staff | ILO | 2026
This report series tracks real wages, inflation, inequality, and worker purchasing power.
UNDP Human Development Reports
| UNDP Staff | United Nations Development Programme | 2026
These reports connect income, prices, health, education, and human security.
WFP HungerMap LIVE
| World Food Programme Staff | World Food Programme | 2026
This dashboard tracks food insecurity and hunger risks in near real time.
FAO Food Price Monitoring and Analysis
| FAO Staff | Food and Agriculture Organization | 2026
This tool tracks domestic food prices and helps identify countries facing food price stress.
International Food Policy Research Institute Food Security Portal
| IFPRI Staff | International Food Policy Research Institute | 2026
This portal provides data and research on food prices, food security, and policy responses.
Global Food and Nutrition Security Dashboard
| World Bank and Partners | Global Alliance for Food Security | 2026
This dashboard tracks food security indicators, price risks, and global hunger pressures.
ReliefWeb Food Security Updates
| ReliefWeb Staff | ReliefWeb | 2026
This topic page gathers reports on food insecurity, livelihoods, inflation, and humanitarian crises.
ACLED Conflict and Food Security
This source tracks conflict data that can be linked to food insecurity, displacement, and inflation shocks.
Climate Shocks and Food Inflation
| World Bank Staff | World Bank | 2026
This topic page helps connect climate change, agricultural disruption, and food price inflation.
Energy Prices and Inflation
| International Energy Agency Staff | IEA | 2026
This topic page covers energy security, fuel markets, and price shocks that affect inflation.
Global Energy Crisis
| International Energy Agency Staff | IEA | 2026
This page explains how energy shocks affect households, businesses, and national economies.
Consumer Price Inflation in the Euro Area
| European Central Bank Staff | European Central Bank | 2026
This data page tracks euro area consumer inflation by category.
Eurostat Inflation
| Eurostat Staff | Eurostat | 2026
This official data source tracks harmonized consumer price inflation across Europe.
UK Inflation and Price Indices
| Office for National Statistics Staff | ONS | 2026
This official page tracks UK inflation, including food, energy, housing, and services.
UK Family Resources Survey
| UK Government Staff | Department for Work and Pensions | 2026
This survey provides household income, poverty, disability, and living standards data.
UK Households Below Average Income
| UK Government Staff | Department for Work and Pensions | 2026
This data series measures poverty and income distribution after housing costs.
Canada Consumer Price Index
| Statistics Canada Staff | Statistics Canada | 2026
This source tracks Canadian inflation and consumer price changes.
Canada Food Price Report
| Dalhousie University Staff | Dalhousie University | 2026
This annual report forecasts food price increases and their effects on household grocery bills.
Australia Consumer Price Index
| Australian Bureau of Statistics Staff | ABS | 2026
This official release tracks inflation in Australia, including housing, food, transport, and health.
Australia Rental Affordability Index
| SGS Economics and Planning Staff | SGS Economics and Planning | 2026
This index measures rental stress and affordability across Australian communities.
New Zealand Consumers Price Index
| Stats NZ Staff | Stats NZ | 2026
This official indicator tracks inflation and household price pressures in New Zealand.
South Africa Consumer Price Index
| Statistics South Africa Staff | Stats SA | 2026
This release tracks consumer inflation in South Africa, including food, housing, transport, and utilities.
Nigeria Inflation Reports
| National Bureau of Statistics Staff | Nigeria NBS | 2026
This official site provides inflation data for Nigeria, where food prices are central to household security.
Kenya Consumer Price Indices and Inflation
| Kenya National Bureau of Statistics Staff | KNBS | 2026
This page provides Kenya inflation data, including food, fuel, and housing costs.
India Consumer Price Index
| Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation Staff | Government of India | 2026
This official site provides inflation data for India, including food inflation.
Philippines Inflation Reports
| Philippine Statistics Authority Staff | PSA | 2026
This official page tracks inflation and consumer price changes in the Philippines.
Brazil Inflation Data
| IBGE Staff | Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics | 2026
This source provides consumer price data for Brazil.
Mexico Inflation Data
This official source tracks Mexico's consumer price index and inflation trends.
Argentina Inflation Data
This official page tracks consumer prices in Argentina, where inflation has major effects on household security.
Turkey Inflation Data
| Turkish Statistical Institute Staff | TurkStat | 2026
This official data source tracks inflation in Turkey, including food, rent, and transport prices.
Global Inflation Database
| World Bank Staff | World Bank | 2026
This database provides cross-country inflation data for comparing cost-of-living pressures.
World Development Indicators Inflation
| World Bank Staff | World Bank | 2026
This database includes inflation, poverty, income, and development indicators.
OECD Data: Consumer Price Indices
| OECD Staff | OECD Data | 2026
This data page provides comparable CPI inflation rates across OECD countries.
IMF DataMapper Inflation
| IMF Staff | International Monetary Fund | 2026
This IMF data tool compares inflation rates across countries and regions.
Our World in Data Inflation
| Our World in Data Staff | Our World in Data | 2026
This article and dataset provide long-term inflation trends and international comparisons.
Our World in Data Food Prices
| Our World in Data Staff | Our World in Data | 2026
This article explains how food prices change over time and why they matter for hunger and poverty.
Our World in Data Poverty
| Our World in Data Staff | Our World in Data | 2026
This article provides long-term data on poverty and living standards, useful for economic security context.
Living Standards and Inflation
| Institute for Fiscal Studies Staff | Institute for Fiscal Studies | 2026
This research center publishes analysis on inflation, incomes, taxes, benefits, and household living standards.
Resolution Foundation Living Standards
| Resolution Foundation Staff | Resolution Foundation | 2026
This organization publishes UK research on wages, inflation, inequality, and household finances.
Institute for Government Cost of Living
| Institute for Government Staff | Institute for Government | 2026
This source provides policy analysis on government responses to inflation and household costs.
Centre for Cities Cost of Living
| Centre for Cities Staff | Centre for Cities | 2026
This research group analyzes how living costs and wages differ across urban areas.
Fairness Foundation Cost of Living
| Fairness Foundation Staff | Fairness Foundation | 2026
This organization publishes public attitudes and research on inequality, fairness, and economic hardship.
Trussell Food Bank Research
| Trussell Staff | Trussell | 2026
This research shows how food bank use is linked to income, debt, housing, disability, and the cost-of-living crisis.
Feeding America Map the Meal Gap
| Feeding America Staff | Feeding America | 2026
This report maps food insecurity across U.S. counties and shows how food costs shape hunger.
Feeding America Hunger Research
| Feeding America Staff | Feeding America | 2026
This research collection tracks hunger, food prices, poverty, and emergency food needs.
National Consumer Law Center Household Debt
| National Consumer Law Center Staff | NCLC | 2026
This topic page explains how debt collection, credit, and high-cost lending affect household security.
High-Cost Lending and Economic Insecurity
| CFPB Staff | Consumer Financial Protection Bureau | 2026
This CFPB resource explains payday loans and how high-cost borrowing can deepen financial insecurity.
Auto Loan Debt and Household Budgets
| CFPB Staff | Consumer Financial Protection Bureau | 2026
This data source tracks auto loans, delinquencies, and transportation-related household debt.
Student Loan Repayment and Financial Security
| CFPB Staff | Consumer Financial Protection Bureau | 2026
This resource explains student loan repayment issues and how education debt affects household budgets.
Medical Debt and Economic Security
| CFPB Staff | Consumer Financial Protection Bureau | 2026
This research explains how medical debt affects credit, borrowing, and household security.
Medical Debt in the United States
This report investigates medical debt and shows how health expenses can destabilize households.
Inflation and the Cost of Basic Needs
| CBPP Staff | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | 2026
This research collection covers inflation, employment, wages, and policy responses affecting household security.
Economic Policy Institute Inflation and Prices
| Economic Policy Institute Staff | Economic Policy Institute | 2026
This research collection covers inflation, wages, corporate profits, and affordability.
Cost-of-Living Crisis and Social Protection
| UNICEF Staff | UNICEF | 2026
This topic page discusses how cash transfers and child benefits help families cope with rising prices.
Children and Household Economic Security
| Child Trends Staff | Child Trends | 2026
This research area covers child poverty, family income, and household hardship.
Child Poverty and Inflation
| Center on Poverty and Social Policy Staff | Columbia University | 2026
This research center studies child poverty, tax credits, transfers, and family economic security.
Cash Transfers and Inflation Protection
| J-PAL Staff | Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab | 2026
This research area evaluates social protection policies, including cash transfers that help households during price shocks.
Basic Income and Economic Security
| Stanford Basic Income Lab Staff | Stanford University | 2026
This research center studies guaranteed income, household stability, and financial well-being.
Guaranteed Income Research
| Mayors for a Guaranteed Income Staff | Mayors for a Guaranteed Income | 2026
This organization tracks guaranteed income pilots and their effects on household security.
Inflation, Wages, and Worker Power
| Economic Policy Institute Staff | Economic Policy Institute | 2025
This report examines wage trends and shows how labor-market power affects affordability.
Food, Fuel, and Family Budgets
| World Bank Staff | World Bank | 2026
This recurring update shows how food and fuel costs interact with poverty and insecurity.
Inflation, Energy Prices, and Household Utility Bills
| Energy Information Administration Staff | EIA | 2026
This source provides analysis of energy prices and their effects on consumers.
Utility Shutoffs and Household Hardship
| National Consumer Law Center Staff | NCLC | 2026
This resource explains how energy costs and utility shutoffs affect low-income households.
Water Affordability and Economic Security
| EPA Staff | Environmental Protection Agency | 2026
This resource covers water affordability and infrastructure finance affecting household utility costs.
Transportation Costs and Economic Security
| Center for Neighborhood Technology Staff | CNT | 2026
This index shows how housing and transportation costs together determine real affordability.
Location Affordability
| HUD Exchange Staff | HUD | 2026
This tool helps show how transportation and housing costs combine to shape economic security.
Food Deserts and Economic Insecurity
| USDA Economic Research Service Staff | USDA ERS | 2026
This atlas maps access to grocery stores and helps explain geographic dimensions of food insecurity.
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Data
| USDA Food and Nutrition Service Staff | USDA FNS | 2026
This data source tracks SNAP participation and benefits, central to food security.
WIC Program Data
| USDA Food and Nutrition Service Staff | USDA FNS | 2026
This source tracks nutrition assistance for women, infants, and children.
School Meals and Economic Security
| USDA Food and Nutrition Service Staff | USDA FNS | 2026
This resource explains child nutrition programs that reduce family food costs.
Free and Reduced-Price School Lunch
| USDA Food and Nutrition Service Staff | USDA FNS | 2026
This page explains how school meals help families manage food insecurity.
Summer EBT and Family Food Costs
| USDA Food and Nutrition Service Staff | USDA FNS | 2026
This page explains summer food benefits that help families when school meals are unavailable.
Child Care and Development Fund
| Administration for Children and Families Staff | ACF | 2026
This program helps families afford child care, one of the largest work-related household costs.
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
| Administration for Children and Families Staff | ACF | 2026
This program provides income support and services for families with very low incomes.
Unemployment Insurance and Economic Security
| U.S. Department of Labor Staff | Department of Labor | 2026
This resource explains unemployment benefits that protect workers from income shocks.
Workforce and Wage Data
| U.S. Department of Labor Staff | Department of Labor | 2026
This source provides labor-market data relevant to household economic security.
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
| Bureau of Labor Statistics Staff | Bureau of Labor Statistics | 2026
This dataset shows wage levels by occupation and location, useful for comparing pay to living costs.
Minimum Wage Laws in the States
| U.S. Department of Labor Staff | Department of Labor | 2026
This page tracks state minimum wages, which affect low-wage worker purchasing power.
Living Wage and Inflation Adjustment
| MIT Living Wage Staff | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 2026
This page provides articles on living wages, household costs, and affordability.
Retirement Income and Inflation
| Employee Benefit Research Institute Staff | EBRI | 2026
This research collection covers retirement savings, inflation risk, and older adult security.
Household Savings and Financial Resilience
| Federal Reserve Staff | Federal Reserve Board | 2026
This survey tracks whether households can handle emergency expenses and rising costs.
Consumer Debt and Delinquency
| New York Fed Staff | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | 2026
This source explains how household debt data reveal stress in credit cards, mortgages, auto loans, and student loans.
Mortgage Rates and Housing Affordability
| Freddie Mac Staff | Freddie Mac | 2026
This weekly survey tracks mortgage rates, which affect housing affordability and household budgets.
Home Price and Affordability Trends
| National Association of Realtors Staff | NAR | 2026
This index measures whether typical households can afford typical homes.
Rental Housing Affordability
| Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies Staff | Harvard University | 2026
This research area covers rent burdens, housing supply, and renter insecurity.
The State of the Nation's Housing
| Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies Staff | Harvard University | 2025
This report examines housing costs, rent burdens, home prices, and affordability.
America's Rental Housing
| Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies Staff | Harvard University | 2024
This report explains how rental cost burdens affect millions of households.
Housing Supply and Affordability
| Pew Charitable Trusts Staff | Pew Charitable Trusts | 2026
This research project studies housing supply, zoning, rents, and affordability.
Local Housing Solutions
| NYU Furman Center Staff | Local Housing Solutions | 2026
This resource provides policy tools for improving housing affordability and stability.
Energy Burden and Low-Income Households
| ACEEE Staff | American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy | 2026
This research explains how utility costs consume high shares of income for low-income households.
Weatherization Assistance Program
| U.S. Department of Energy Staff | Department of Energy | 2026
This program reduces household energy costs through efficiency improvements.
Inflation, Climate, and Food Security
| FAO Staff | Food and Agriculture Organization | 2026
This page connects climate shocks to agricultural production, food prices, and food security.
Food Price Inflation and Nutrition
| UNICEF Staff | UNICEF | 2026
This topic page explains how food price shocks can affect child nutrition and family well-being.
Global Nutrition Report
| Global Nutrition Report Staff | Global Nutrition Report | 2026
This report connects food affordability, nutrition, and inequality.
Economic Security for Older Adults
| National Council on Aging Staff | NCOA | 2026
This research collection covers older adult poverty, benefits, health costs, and financial insecurity.
Benefits Access and Economic Security
| Benefits.gov Staff | U.S. Government | 2026
This resource helps households find benefits that can reduce food, health, housing, and utility hardship.
211 Basic Needs Assistance
| United Way Staff | 211 | 2026
This resource connects households to local food, housing, utility, and financial assistance.
Economic Security and Public Benefits
| National Academy of Social Insurance Staff | NASI | 2026
This research area examines Social Security, Medicare, unemployment insurance, and other programs that stabilize household income.
Inflation and Democracy
| Pew Research Center Staff | Pew Research Center | 2026
This research area includes global surveys on economic dissatisfaction, inflation concerns, and political trust.
Cost of Living and Political Attitudes
This survey research tracks public opinion on inflation, affordability, and economic confidence.
Global Economic Prospects
| World Bank Staff | World Bank | 2026
This report tracks global growth, inflation, poverty risks, and economic shocks affecting household security.
Trade, Tariffs, and Consumer Prices
| Peterson Institute Staff | Peterson Institute for International Economics | 2026
This research explains how trade policy and tariffs can affect prices and household purchasing power.
Inflation and Corporate Profits
| Economic Policy Institute Staff | Economic Policy Institute | 2022
This article explains the debate over corporate profits, markups, and inflation.
Market Power and Inflation
| Roosevelt Institute Staff | Roosevelt Institute | 2022
This report examines how concentrated corporate power may affect prices and inflation.
Supply Chains and Inflation
| New York Fed Staff | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | 2026
This index tracks global supply-chain pressure, a factor in inflation.
Inflation Expectations and Household Decisions
| New York Fed Staff | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | 2026
This survey tracks household expectations for inflation, income, spending, and credit access.
Survey of Consumer Expectations
| New York Fed Staff | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | 2026
This monthly survey shows how households expect inflation and income to change.
Small Business Inflation Pressures
| NFIB Staff | National Federation of Independent Business | 2026
This survey tracks small business costs, prices, labor shortages, and inflation expectations.
Producer Price Index
| Bureau of Labor Statistics Staff | Bureau of Labor Statistics | 2026
This index measures prices received by producers and helps explain future consumer price pressures.
Import and Export Price Indexes
| Bureau of Labor Statistics Staff | Bureau of Labor Statistics | 2026
This data source tracks import prices, which can affect consumer inflation.
Employment Cost Index
| Bureau of Labor Statistics Staff | Bureau of Labor Statistics | 2026
This index tracks wages and benefits, helping show whether labor compensation keeps up with prices.
Job Openings and Labor Turnover
| Bureau of Labor Statistics Staff | Bureau of Labor Statistics | 2026
This release tracks labor-market strength, quits, hiring, and job openings, which affect wage power.
Real Average Hourly Earnings
| Bureau of Labor Statistics Staff | Bureau of Labor Statistics | 2026
This release measures whether paychecks are gaining or losing purchasing power after inflation.
Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage
| Census Bureau Staff | U.S. Census Bureau | 2026
This annual report series tracks income, poverty, and insurance coverage, key economic security indicators.
Supplemental Poverty Measure Report
| Census Bureau Staff | U.S. Census Bureau | 2026
This report series shows how taxes, benefits, housing costs, and medical costs affect poverty.
Food Price Inflation and Household Security
| USDA Economic Research Service Staff | USDA ERS | 2026
This source tracks grocery and restaurant price changes that directly shape household affordability.
Economic Security and Inflation Overview
This overview explains inflation, cost of living, and how price increases affect households across countries.
