The Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) has been a cornerstone of the Social Security system since 1975, ensuring benefits align with inflation.

The Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) is a crucial mechanism ensuring that Social Security and SSI benefits keep pace with ...

In January, the average retired-worker benefit check totaled $1,978.77. This means TSCL's updated COLA forecast implies a ...

COLA estimate is pegged at 2.2% after March's inflation report. But experts say Trump tariffs may influence the final COLA.

Well, if benefits had never been adjusted upward, you'd still be collecting $207 per month, in 2025. That certainly won't go ...

Social Security COLA forecasts show a potential 2.3% boost but rising housing and healthcare costs may still erode retirees’ ...

while independent Social Security and Medicare analyst Mary Johnson expects the COLA to be 2.2%. Both forecasts are below the 2025 COLA of 2.5% and the average COLA over the past 20 years of 2.6%.

The latest forecast for Social Security’s Cost ... The big COLA question is how the Trump administration’s tariffs will impact inflation and next year’s increase. COLAs, designed to prevent ...

Estimates for the next cost-of-living adjustment to Social Security ... next year’s final adjustment. In a note Thursday, Johnson explained that the exact index used to calculate the COLA ...

Social Security's COLA is the tool the Social Security Administration ... rose by 3% over a 12-month stretch. This 3% year-over-year increase marks the fastest rate of inflation since August ...

While the actual 2026 Social Security cost-of-living (COLA ... which could mean COLA predictions will rise later this year. The Senior Citizens League (TSCL), one of the nation’s largest ...