Social Security chief sends candid year end update to lawmakers: What did he say?

Social Security Commissioner Frank J. Bisignano updated Congress Friday on major Fiscal Year 2025 gains, including shorter ...

As seniors flock to Florida, Social Security money is essential, but will there be enough?

Florida's population is expected to increase 11% between 2025 and 2035, compared with the national forecast of 1% for the ...
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The No. 1 Reason to Claim Social Security at Age 62

Claiming benefits early results in a reduction of benefits, while claiming late can increase one's benefit. Retirees can start claiming benefits as early as age 62 and as late as age 70. There's no ...
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Survey: Many Americans expect to rely on Social Security benefits when they retire — but are worried they won’t get them

As Social Security marks its 90th birthday, many Americans appear to be losing confidence in the landmark U.S. institution. More than half (52%) of Americans who haven’t retired yet say they expect to ...
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I'm Not Counting on Social Security COLAs to Carry Me Through Retirement. Here's What I'm Doing to Combat Inflation Instead

Social Security COLAs are great, but they're often less than what we need. Social Security itself is facing some major challenges in the years ahead. The program can be strengthened by the government, ...
Reuters

UK's Reeves looks at early scrapping of windfall tax on oil and gas sector, FT reports

Oct 29 (Reuters) - Britain's finance minister, Rachel Reeves, could scrap a windfall tax on the country's oil and gas industry a year earlier than planned, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.
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It’s done: the government just reversed a major Social Security cut for 3.2 million Americans

At the beginning of the year, the Social Security Fairness Act came into effect after being signed into law by former President Joe Biden. The Social Security Fairness Act actively repealed both the ...
Wall Street Journal

Milei’s Clear-Cut Victory Unlocks a Wall Street Windfall

WSJ explains how the Trump administration is able to provide $20 billion to Argentina and why it is propping up an ideological ally. Photo: Ksenia Shaikhutdinova/WSJ Wall Street has bet repeatedly ...
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Are You One of 3.2 Million Americans Who Are Benefiting From the Social Security Fairness Act?

The Social Security Fairness Act repealed the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset. Roughly 3.2 million Americans are seeing higher monthly payments. Average Social ...
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Social Security Administration issues 2.8% COLA boost for 2026

Oct. 24 (UPI) --The Social Security Administration says it will issue a cost-of-living adjustment for the next year for millions of Americans who rely on the social safety net. On Friday, the SSA ...