The cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) applied to Social Security payments in any given year is based on CPI-W inflation from ...

Every year, the Social Security Administration, or SSA, examines inflation data and adjusts Social Security benefits ...

The Senior Citizens League (TSCL), a nonpartisan senior group, recently released their monthly COLA estimate, predicting that ...

Social Security beneficiaries have relied on annual cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) to maintain their purchasing power.

If you receive Social Security retirement benefits, more money should be coming your way this month. In October, the Social ...

The Social Security cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, for 2025 is a 2.5% increase. That means the monthly benefits checks for more than 72.5 million Americans will see their lowest annual bump in ...

Social Security's COLAs are determined based on CPI-W inflation, which has reaccelerated since the 2025 pay increase was calculated. Social Security benefits are arguably on track to lose buying ...

A second large survey is the CPI-W, which is a monthly accounting of the average change in the prices that urban wages earners and clerical workers pay for a market basket of consumer goods and ...

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.4 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis in December, ...

Inflation is proving stickier than expected, which could cause Fed to hit pause button on more interest rate cuts.

US CPI rose 0.4% MoM and 2.9% YoY. The market reacted bullishly, with bond yields dropping and equity futures rising. See ...

This is based on the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), which was up 3.6% year over year in May 2023. The Social Security cost of living adjustment (COLA ...