Social Security averages the CPI-W data for July, August, and September and compares it to the previous year's number. If the ...

Major revisions to CPI calculations shed light on the diminution of the American Dream, the rise of populism, and the current ...

The Social Security Administration released news on Thursday, Oct. 10, explaining that beneficiaries will receive a 2.5% cost ...

A cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) constitutes a raise applied to Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) to ...

The 2025 COLA of 2.5% will be added to retirement benefits beginning in January. But FERS retirees will receive a 2% “diet” COLA.

The Social Security Administration this week announced a 2.5 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for this year, a more ...

New Yorkers will see the smallest rise in their Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) since 2021 next year.

Consumer prices are forecast to show a scant 0.1% increase in September, according to economists polled by The Wall Street Journal. A fifth straight low reading would drag the yearly increase in the ...

The Cost of Living Adjustment, more commonly known as COLA, increases benefits administered by the SSA on a yearly basis. The ...

Senior groups say the COLA likely won't meet the higher costs seniors are facing on inflation on everything from groceries to healthcare.

The primary objective of the Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) is to safeguard the purchasing power of Social Security and ...

“This year represents another lost opportunity to grant seniors the financial relief they deserve by changing the COLA calculation from the CPI-W to the CPI-E, which would better reflect seniors ...