In 2025, benefits got a 2.5% COLA. Many older Americans are hoping that 2026's COLA will be larger, or at the very least, the ...

The annual COLA is appreciated, but it hasn't always kept up with inflation enough to reasonably cancel it out. According to ...

The Social Security program, a financial lifeline for millions, faces an uncertain future. With demographic shifts and ...

The Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) is crucial for maintaining the purchasing power of Social Security benefits. As we await the official 2026 COLA announcement, understanding its calculation and ...

Early estimates point to a 2.5% COLA for January 2026, matching this year's modest bump. If confirmed in October, after the ...

This week, payments are set to be made to those receiving retirement, survivor and spousal benefits as well as disability ...

The Senior Citizens League (TSCL) has predicted that Social Security's 2026 Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) will be 2.5 ...

Is it too early to speculate how much more retirees might receive in Social Security benefits next year? In fact, The Senior ...

For 2024, Social Security recipients got a 3.2% COLA. In 2023, the annual adjustment reached 8.7% — a nearly 40-year high as inflation soared — while the 2022 COLA stood at 5.9%. Social ...

The agency that collects the data used to determine the cost-of-living-adjustment has had to pull back on how much data it uses.

The Social Security COLA for 2024 was 3.2%, following a large 8.7% COLA for 2023. Depending on which of the above projections is correct, the 2025 COLA will either be slightly smaller or just ...

Social Security's 2026 cost-of-living adjustment may be 2.5%, a new estimate shows. But COLA could still get a boost if ...