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.

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 ...

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

Social Security. That was originally going to be the day when the Social Security Administration (SSA) announced an official ...

The government shutdown has delayed the release of pricing data which determines the annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) ...

Social Security’s Cost of Living Adjustment for 2026 is slated to be announced on October 24, 2025. While there won’t be ...

Analysts have raised their forecasts for Social Security's 2026 COLA throughout the year as President Trump's tariffs have ...

Originally scheduled for Wednesday, the 2024 Social Security COLA announcement will now be Oct. 24. It’s timed to the ...