An early prediction for next year’s Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment shows retirees could be in for a shock.

It took 40 years for Congress to pass a law to boost Social Security for public workers. Now, SSA says they must wait at ...

Social Security benefits received a 2.5% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in 2025, but for many retirees, this is not enough ...

What's more, surveys have shown that Social Security checks are necessary for seniors to make ends meet. A poll from ...

The Social Security cost-of-living adjustment for 2025 is the lowest since the post-Covid inflation spike. Yet retirees still ...

One positive aspect of Social Security is that the program is set up to adapt to economic changes. Each year, for example, ...

With the latest 2.5% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in effect, the average benefit has climbed to $1,976 per month. It's ...

Fact checked by Vikki Velasquez At age 65, many retirees find themselves relying on a combination of Social Security benefits ...

Thankfully, Social Security benefits are raised automatically nearly every year to help them compensate for inflation. Without those cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs), recipients would practically be ...

Considering how important Social Security is to the financial well-being of our nation's aging workforce, no announcement looms larger for beneficiaries than the annual cost-of-living adjustment ...

Social Security's cost-of-living adjustment is the mechanism that allows the Social Security Administration (SSA) to adjust benefits on a near-annual basis to account for the effects of inflation.