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

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

Social Security benefits received a 2.5% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in 2025, but for many retirees, this is not enough ...

With the latest 2.5% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in effect, the average benefit has climbed to $1,976 per month. It's ...

This is intended to help seniors and other Social Security recipients keep up with inflation and is based on Consumer Price ...

But based on recent data, it's clear that 2025's Social Security COLA is already failing to keep up with inflation. If things ...

If you receive Social Security benefits, you are getting a Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) this year. This means your ...

Every year, the Social Security Administration, or SSA, examines inflation data and adjusts Social Security benefits ...

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

Unfortunately, the most important expenses for retirees are climbing at a rate that's well above the forecast COLA for next year. A Social Security dollar simply isn't what it used to be.

We won't know the real COLA for months yet, but there are already some telling estimates floating around. The Social Security Administration (SSA) bases COLAs on third-quarter inflation data ...