While the CPI-E and CPI-W can vary considerably from year to year, over the last 15 years, they've produced similar ...

Living Adjustment (COLA) is a crucial safeguard for beneficiaries of welfare programs. Social Security recipients, military ...

Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) is projected to be between 2.1% and 2.3%, influenced by inflation trends.

With the annual inflation rate dropping, Mary Johnson, an independent Social Security analyst, now predicts a 2.2% COLA for 2026. That would be lower than the 2025 COLA of 2.5%. Older Americans ...

New government inflation data points to a lower Social Security cost-of-living adjustment for 2026 compared to the 2.5% ...

The SSA applies a cost-of-living adjustment — more commonly called COLA — to benefits each year to help you keep up with rising inflation ... SSA's earnings test calculator to see how your ...

CPI inflation has declined significantly from its pandemic-era high of 9.1% in June 2022. However, it remains above the Federal Reserve's target. The central bank aims for an annual rate around 2% ...

However, a lower-than-anticipated COLA in 2026 is only half the story. If annual cost-of-living adjustments were to perfectly match the prevailing rate of inflation that retirees are contending ...

“The COLA for 2025 is adjusted based on inflation rates, but there are worries inflation may rise faster than the COLA,” Burbank said, pointing out how this could put a financial strain on ...

Recent estimates for the 2026 COLA ... inflation. Yet that may not last depending on whether the Trump administration's plans for tariffs go into effect. Trump announced on Wednesday that tariff ...