At this point, many Social Security recipients are eager to know what 2026's COLA will amount to. In 2025, benefits got a 2.5 ...

But what would make the 2026 cost-of-living adjustment special is that it would mark the fifth consecutive year of at least a ...

Social Security's 2026 cost-of-living adjustment may be 2.5%, a new estimate shows. But COLA could still get a boost if ...

See how cost of living indexes provide info on essential costs associated with different areas of the U.S., plus the Social Security Administration's COLA for 2025.

Social Security Cost of Living Adjustments, or COLAs, are a lifeline for seniors. Without them, Social Security benefits ...

This is the consumer price index from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, not to be confused with a cost of living index. "That’s the index that went up 7.5% in the last year, ...

Social Security beneficiaries can expect a 3.2% cost-of-living increase next year. It's a smaller increase than the 8.7% bump recipients got this year, which was the largest in decades.

THE COST OF LIVING ONE of the most frequently cited U.S. economic statistics is the Consumer Price Index, commonly (and erroneously) referred to as the cost-of-living index. Some 4,000,000 workers ...

Cost of Living Trends for 2025. The consumer price index and the Social Security Administration’s cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) represent two significant indicators of fluctuations in the ...