If you’re a Social Security beneficiary, you may see a boost in your checks starting in 2026. While the official Social ...

E very year, Social Security benefits undergo a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to align with inflation rates. This ...

As inflation cools, Social Security's annual cost-of-living adjustment is projected to decline in 2026. Seniors say the ...

This October, the SSA will determine the new cost-of-living-adjustment (COLA) by comparing the CPI-W data from July, August, ...

Anyone with a memory of 1985 can tell you how much things have changed over the past 40 years: Phones were the size of bricks, listening to music in a car meant carrying cassette tapes, and the movie ...

While COLAs are designed to match inflation, the 2026 forecast fails to cover the rising costs of essential expenses like ...

Social Security is generally the largest source of income in retirement, but many seniors think benefits have fallen behind ...

Social Security is not meant to serve as retirees’ only or even primary source of income. But for many people, that ends up ...

BLS announced the CPI-W for February last week. TSCL quickly determined that the 2026 COLA would be 2.8% based on the average ...

As the costs of goods continues to increase nationwide, Social Security benefit adjustments aren't expected to keep up.

While the country is still six months away until the official 2026 Social Security COLA announcement, early predictions based on the latest inflation data show a modest decrease in the annual ...

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.