In 2025, benefits got a 2.5% COLA. Many older Americans are hoping that 2026's COLA will be larger, or at the very least, the ...

The annual COLA is appreciated, but it hasn't always kept up with inflation enough to reasonably cancel it out. According to ...

The way inflation trends in July will help determine what raise Social Security beneficiaries get in 2026. If you're someone ...

COLAs are tied directly to inflation. Challenges in reporting inflation data could lead to incomplete information -- and a ...

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

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Millions of Social Security beneficiaries across the United States are receiving slightly larger checks this July thanks to the previously announced 2025 cost-of-living adjustment ...

The COLA is determined using the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), which tracks the spending patterns of working Americans. The Bureau of Labor Statistics ...

The Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) is a crucial mechanism applied annually by Social Security to ensure beneficiaries' payments keep pace with rising prices.

Tompkins County issued a request for proposal (RFP) to study the impact of a countywide minimum wage, meaning the county is ...