Social Security benefits received a 2.5% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in 2025, but for many retirees, this is not enough ...
The non-partisan advocacy group The Senior Citizens League predicts the 2026 COLA will be 2.1%, based on data from the Bureau ...
With the latest 2.5% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in effect, the average benefit has climbed to $1,976 per month. It's better than benefits remaining stagnant, but this increase likely isn't going ...
Social Security beneficiaries have received annual cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) tied to a subset of the Consumer Price ...
For retirees, healthcare expenses are unavoidable and increasingly unaffordable. Fidelity Research says a 65-year-old ...
If you collect Social Security payments, you may be pleasantly surprised when you get your first direct deposit or your first ...
The Senior Citizens League (TSCL), a nonpartisan senior group, recently released their monthly COLA estimate, predicting that ...
Social Security is an important income source for seniors and it’s money that most people look forward to getting in ...
The South Dakota Public Schools Coalition is worried the 1.25% budget increase for education goes against South Dakota ...
Beginning in 1975, the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) became the inflationary measure used to calculate COLA on an annual basis for America's leading ...
Social Security's COLAs are determined based on CPI-W inflation, which has reaccelerated since the 2025 pay increase was calculated. Social Security benefits are arguably on track to lose buying ...
An estimated 72.5 million Social Security recipients will benefit from a 2.5 percent increase in their payments this year thanks to the annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA).