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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 ...

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 ...

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

The Social Security program, a financial cornerstone for millions of Americans since 1935, relies on annual cost-of-living ...

Early estimates point to a 2.5% COLA for January 2026, matching this year's modest bump. If confirmed in October, after the ...

Social Security benefits are at the center of major changes in 2025. A rare cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) prediction and a ...

For the first time in 90 years, the average monthly check for retired workers has surpassed a psychologically important level ...

“Most advisers agree that the bigger issue is the CPI-W may not be the best COLA measure for seniors, and often results in a lower COLA increase than the CPI-E, or Consumer Price Index for the Elderly ...

Here’s how the CPI-W numbers look. January: 3.00% February: 2.7% March: 2.2% April: 2.1% While these numbers are similar to CPI-U and show inflation trending downward, there are slight differences.

Projections are based on CPI-W figures, which look at prices for an assortment of goods. The cost of these goods and services are later used to determine the final COLA every October.