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So rather than hope for a larger COLA in 2026, what retirees should actually hope for is a change to the way those raises are ...

The Senior Citizens League (TSCL) has predicted that Social Security's 2026 Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) will be 2.5 ...

Social Security’s cost-of-living adjustment for 2026 is expected to be 2.5%, analysts said Wednesday, the same increase as ...

New government inflation data suggests millions of Social Security beneficiaries may see a boost to their monthly checks in ...

Social Security's 2026 cost-of-living adjustment may be 2.5%, a new estimate shows. But COLA could still get a boost if ...

The agency that collects the data used to determine the cost-of-living-adjustment has had to pull back on how much data it ...

One tax expert says a proposed $4,000 bonus deduction is a 'far cry from the savings' that many would see with no taxes on ...

While the actual 2026 Social Security cost-of-living increase for retired workers won’t be announced until October, the ...

Social Security recipients could receive a 2.5% increase in their payments in 2026, according to the latest projections based ...

Every October, the Social Security Administration reveals its annual cost-of-living adjustment, also known as COLA, based on inflation data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.