The cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) applied to Social Security payments in any given year is based on CPI-W inflation from ...

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

What's more, surveys have shown that Social Security checks are necessary for seniors to make ends meet. A poll from ...

Reviewed by Robert C. Kelly Fact checked by Daniel Rathburn Consumer Price Index (CPI) vs. Producer Price Index (PPI): An ...

The Senior Citizens League (TSCL), a nonpartisan senior group, recently released their monthly COLA estimate, predicting that ...

The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): This index is used to determine the annual cost of living adjustments to Social Security benefits and to adjust ...

A second large survey is the CPI-W, which is a monthly accounting of the average change in the prices that urban wages earners and clerical workers pay for a market basket of consumer goods and ...

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.4 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis in December, ...

Recipients of Social Security received an increase in benefits in 2025, as they do every year. However, new economic data and ...

U.S. stock index futures climbed on Wednesday, ahead of a key inflation reading that will likely shape expectations of future ...

US CPI rose 0.4% MoM and 2.9% YoY. The market reacted bullishly, with bond yields dropping and equity futures rising. See ...