The official Social Security COLA will be announced in October, but there are already estimates of where it might land. While ...

Retirees are likely to see only a modest rise in Social Security benefits next year when the Social Security Administration ...

Social Security is going to be changing in important ways in 2026. Here are three big changes you need to start getting ready ...

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) tracks a basket of goods, as measured by government officials. The corresponding price ...

In 2025, millions of retirees in the United States receive monthly Social Security payments that vary depending on the state in which they live. Factors such as cost of living, ave ...

P resident Donald Trump’s firing of the commissioner of labor statistics, Erika McEntarfer, on Friday raises serious risks ...

If you've had SSDI since May 1997 or earlier, or also receive SSI. If you started getting SSDI before May 1997, you'd usually ...

Recent forecasts concerning Social Security's 2026 COLA suggest the average retiree will receive an additional $48 to $54 per ...

Estimates for Social Security’s Cost of Living Adjustment – the automatic raise beneficiaries typically receive at the start ...

The adjustment is based on the consumer price index, which measures inflation, for the third quarter of the year. It goes ...

COLAs are designed to help retirees keep pace with inflation, but they're not guaranteed. Rather than count on money that may ...