Social Security's cost-of-living adjustment for 2026 could be 2.4%, up from last month's forecast for 2.2%, according to an independent analyst.

Millions of Social Security recipients ... with the April 23 payment being the third wave. The first wave of payments was sent out on April 9 to those born between the first and the 10th of ...

Because it's based on third-quarter inflation, it's impossible to predict the 2026 COLA with any degree of accuracy. Because ...

Social Security COLA could still change significantly over the coming months, the latest inflation data suggests that it could be the lowest adjustment since 2021.

Higher inflation in the third quarter would indeed result in a higher COLA for 2026, which in turn would give Social Security ...

The Senior Citizens League (TSCL), a nonprofit organization that advocates for seniors, updates its Social Security COLA forecast each ... CPI-W metric beginning in April.

New government inflation data shows the pace of inflation has subsided from pandemic-era highs. Social Security beneficiaries ...

Social Security payments for most recipients go out on Wednesdays throughout the month. So, if your birthdate falls between the first and 10th of the month, you would have been paid on April 9 ...

The current Social Security COLA projection for 2026 is 2.4%, according to the Senior Citizens League. TSCL updated its 2026 COLA prediction based on April CPI-W data, which came in at 2.3% on May 13.

This January, seniors on Social Security saw their benefits increase by a mere 2.5%. And when that COLA was announced late ... its tariff policies in early April, the stock market tumbled and ...

had made a prediction about next year's COLA. And as of early April, it was calling for a 2.3% boost to Social Security benefits in 2026. Clearly, that's not great news for anyone hoping for a ...

Social Security payment on April 23. (Unsplash) The retirees who fall in Group 4 will see their monthly payments being automatically adjusted to reflect the COLA increase of 2.5%, without the need ...