Maria Aspin

as the government has not released the most recent jobs report.

Maria Aspin, NPR News, New York.

Annual inflation rose 3% in September from a year earlier, slightly below expectations.

Consumer prices are still rising faster than the Federal Reserve has targeted, but economists largely expect the Fed to cut interest rates again next week.

The federal government published the September inflation report nine days late, but called workers back specifically to work on this crucial update.

It uses this data to finish calculating its annual cost of living adjustment for the 75 million people receiving Social Security benefits.

Now the Social Security Administration says retirees will receive an increase of 2.8% next year.

That works out to an extra $56 per month starting in January.

Maria Aspin, NPR News, New York.

The Chamber of Commerce is one of the biggest pro-business lobbying groups in the country.

It's now suing President Trump over his new plans to charge employers $100,000 per visa for skilled workers.

such as software engineers.

The president steeped new fee for these visas through the business community and hundreds of thousands of workers who have them into chaos last month.

In a statement, the chamber called the fee unlawful and said it would hurt U.S.

employers.

A health care staffing business and labor unions have already sued the Trump administration over these fees.

But the new lawsuit marks one of the only times this year that a big business group has openly opposed Trump's policies.

Maria Aspin, NPR News, New York.

JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs are among the big banks unveiling their quarterly report cards on Tuesday.

to kick off the latest round of financial updates from big companies.