Social Security's 2026 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will likely be around 2.7%. Higher Medicare costs and inflation could ...

Social Security is rapidly approaching insolvency. The retirement trust fund is seven years from exhaustion, and the theoretically combined trust funds are nine years from running out.

As such, the official announcement date for the 2026 COLA benefits is October 24, 2025, according to the SSA and BLS schedule ...

Retirees are on track for a bigger COLA this year than next, but many are likely to be disappointed with the raise they ...

The final Social Security payments for October 2025 go out this week to retirees born between the 21st and 31st. See how much you’ll get and when the next payments arrive.

With the figures available so far, analysts estimate the COLA increase for 2026 would be 2.7%, higher than 2025’s 2.5%. That would mean an average increase of $54 in retirees’ checks, according to ...

The Social Security Administration's annual cost-of-living adjustment announcement for 2026 has been delayed as the ...

The Social Security Administration will announce the 2026 COLA this week, affecting monthly benefits despite the ongoing ...

All Social Security recipients who are collecting benefits get the COLA because otherwise their buying power would decline ...

Even though the federal government is shut down, BLS plans to publish its September inflation report at 8:30 a.m. on Friday, ...