The Social Security cost-of-living adjustment officially goes into effect in December of each year -- so technically speaking ...

The non-partisan advocacy group The Senior Citizens League predicts the 2026 COLA will be 2.1%, based on data from the Bureau ...

Along these lines, Social Security sometimes undergoes changes that aren't exactly welcome. In 2025, for example, the wage ...

Many retirees look forward to Social Security's annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), which for 2025 is 2.5%. The COLA technically takes effect in December, with beneficiaries seeing updated ...

This month, Social Security recipients saw their payments increase by 2.5%. It just so happens that was the smallest COLA in years. That isn't necessarily a problem, though, because smaller COLAs ...

Data from TSCL’s 2024 Senior Survey shows 62% of older Americans worry their retirement income won’t even cover essentials ...

Social Security’s cost-of-living adjustment is expected to shrink in 2026 and could be the lowest increase seen in a decade. According to a forecast by the Senior Citizens League, the COLA could ...

Social Security benefits are eligible for an automatic cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) each year so that seniors are able to maintain their buying power as inflation drives living costs upward.

As a result of the 2008 financial and mortgage crisis, a hefty 5.8% increase in COLA was applied in 2009, the most significant increase that Social Security benefits had seen since 1982.

While the 2.5% COLA isn't exactly news at this ... but it could be on the table when it comes to future Social Security reforms. If you're like most Americans, you're a few years (or more) behind ...

However, another forecast sees the COLA shrinking as low as 0.06% - the lowest level in a decade, according to independent Social Security and Medicare analyst Mary Johnson. That would mark the ...