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The Social Security COLA, or cost-of-living adjustment, is the process by which the Social Security Administration increases benefits to keep up with rising costs over time. While the general idea of ...

Mary Johnson, an independent Social Security analyst, said: "COLA doesn't keep pace with real inflation. The year-over-year ...

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Analysts now expect the 2026 COLA to be 2.2%, down from 2.5% in 2025, according to forecasts from the Senior Citizens League and from independent Social Security and Medicare analyst Mary Johnson.

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Cost-of-living adjustments have been something of a mixed bag for retirees over the last 16 years. The 2010s were a period of ...

As many Baby Boomers near retirement, they also face rising costs of living, housing prices, and health care costs, which encourages many to delay retirement or unretire.

For this reason, Social Security COLAs are tied to inflation directly. They're calculated based on third-quarter data from the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W).

For example, the CPI provides the basis for the annual cost of living increases for recipients of Social Security benefits. The CPI is not a direct cost of living indicator; it is merely a price ...

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