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Social Security COLAs are tied directly to inflation. Therefore, when one goes down, it indicates that the other is down, too ...

The actual cost-of-living adjustment for 2025 for Social Security benefits will be announced in mid-October. Early estimates ...

The next cost-of-living increase for Social Security recipients — which was already projected to be the lowest in years — is ...

The COLA has been up and down over the last few years as it was 3.2% in 2023, 8.7% in 2022, 5.9% in 2021 and 1.3% in 2020.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) just released the second of three data points that will determine how much more retirees ...

While the official COLA will be announced next month, experts following inflation trends month to month can make fairly ...

Explore how the 2025 Social Security COLA might be reduced by rising Medicare premiums and discover tips on maximizing your ...

COLA estimate fell with inflation, but seniors are struggling. More seniors fell into poverty again last year, data show.

The Social Security Fairness Act was proposed to reverse the rules surrounding the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and ...

Data source: Social Security Administration. You see that they can get quite high or be quite low. The average COLA over the ...

Social Security could see a lower cost-of-living adjustment this year, according to the latest forecast by The Senior ...