As the Social Security Administration's retirement trust fund is bound to become insolvent in under a decade, it proposes to ...

Though a history-making cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) would typically be something to celebrate, this is unlikely to be ...

A 2.8% COLA boosts an $1,800 Social Security check in 2026, but higher Medicare premiums and taxes can shrink your raise. See ...

Looking a bit further back, Social Security's 2.8% raise ties for the ninth-largest year-over-year increase since this century began. It trails the respective COLAs of 3.5% in 2001, 4.1% in 2006, 3.3% ...

In 2026, Social Security checks are getting bigger. That’s the good news. The bad news, however, is that retirees are likely ...

Social Security's 2026 cost-of-living adjustment is 2.8%, but over time, a pattern has emerged in how the agency calculates ...

Inflation has a way of driving living costs up. That’s why Social Security’s annual cost-of-living adjustments, or COLAs, are ...

For instance, the Q3 CPI-W average for 2025 was 2.76% higher than 2024, which is how we ended up with the 2.8% COLA. It's ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Social Security Administration’s annual cost-of-living adjustment will go up by 2.8% in 2026, translating to an average increase of more than $56 for retirees every month, agency ...

Social Security’s Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) is crucial for retirees to maintain their buying power. The COLA helps to ...

A new proposal would cap annual Social Security cost-of-living adjustments for top earnings beneficiaries, potentially ...