For instance, let's hypothetically say the collective price for a large basket of goods and services regularly purchased by ...

The Social Security cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, added 2.5% to Social Security benefits in 2025. However, as Certified ...

Tens of millions of Americans rely on Social Security benefits for a substantial portion of their retirement income. Not only ...

It's better than benefits remaining stagnant, but this increase likely isn't going to make life more comfortable for retirees struggling with rising costs. Social Security has lost 20% of its ...

Thankfully, Social Security benefits are raised automatically nearly every year to help them compensate for inflation. Without those cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs), recipients would ...

The Social Security cost-of-living adjustment for 2025 is the lowest since the post-Covid inflation spike. Yet retirees still ...

Considering how important Social Security is to the financial well-being of our nation's aging workforce, no announcement looms larger for beneficiaries than the annual cost-of-living adjustment ...

Social Security's cost-of-living adjustment is the mechanism that allows the Social Security Administration (SSA) to adjust benefits on a near-annual basis to account for the effects of inflation.