The Social Security Administration (SSA) has confirmed the date of the 2026 Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) announcement after it was pushed back due to the ongoing government shutdown. The original ...

Looking a bit further back, Social Security's 2.8% raise ties for the ninth-largest year-over-year increase since this ...

The Social Security Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) announcement, originally scheduled for October 15, 2025, faced an unexpected delay. This postponement resulted from a partial government shutdown, ...

The 2026 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) announcement is scheduled for Oct. 24, whether or not the U.S. government is open. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) said it will publish the September ...

If not for the government shutdown, Social Security beneficiaries would have discovered the extent of the COLA hike for 2026 when new inflation data was released Oct. 15. In 2025, Social Security and ...

Millions of Americans rely on Social Security benefits as a crucial lifeline, and annual cost-of-living-adjustments (COLAs) are necessary to help seniors keep up with rising costs. A COLA is a Social ...

The announcement of Social Security's annual inflation adjustment to benefits has been delayed due to the government shutdown, but the agency responsible for handling the benefit increase has set a ...

Every year, the Social Security Administration calculates how inflation affects the cost of living and then adjusts benefits for the nearly 74 million Americans depending on those benefits to survive.