As May unfolds, Social Security beneficiaries in the U.S. anticipate their monthly payments, now adjusted for the 2025 ...

That means Social Security's 2026 COLA could top expectations. While ostensibly good, that may actually have negative ...

Early forecasts from The Senior Citizens League suggest the 2026 COLA could lift the average retired worker's Social Security check above $2,000 for the first time ever. As of March, the average ...

It happens to be that 2025’s cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, is the smallest one Social Security recipients have seen in years. And for many, that meager raise may be making it so they’re ...

The Senior Citizens League (TSCL), a nonprofit organization that advocates for seniors, updates its Social Security COLA forecast each month. The organization's latest prediction is out -- and ...

Millions of seniors benefit from the Social Security cost ... budgets before the COLA takes effect. In many ways, we're in uncharted territory right now. So history may or may not be helpful ...

The Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) is an annual increase applied ... of a person’s future benefits based on their work history, earnings and selected filing age.

The retirees who fall in Group 4 will see their monthly social security payments being automatically adjusted to reflect the COLA increase of 2.5%. This week’s Social Security payments are set ...

This January, seniors on Social Security saw their benefits increase by a mere 2.5%. And when that COLA was announced late last year, many worried that it wouldn’t hold up well to inflation.

Every October, the Social Security Administration reveals its annual cost-of-living adjustment, also known as COLA, based on inflation data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The 2026 ...

That supports the idea that CPI-W readings are underestimating inflation for retired workers, which means the 2026 COLA is likely to be too small. Having said that, the Social Security ...

The answer just might be "yes." Here's what President Trump's tariff turmoil could mean for your next Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA). To understand how the president's tariffs ...