Your Social Security COLA increase could be bigger than expected next year

Social Security recipients are on track to receive a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) next year that is bigger than previously expected after inflation accelerated for the third month in a row. Read More

Social Security cost of living boost in 2025? Early estimate calls for 2.6% increase

Inflation has been hotter than expected so far, but experts project it to cool down later in 2024. What will that mean for Social Security benefits? Read More

More Than 66 Million Seniors Will Get Bigger Social Security Checks in January

“Some other adjustments that take effect in January of each year are based on the increase ... payments in one of the two later disbursements.” According to the news release, “Social ... Read More

Social Security Changes Coming in 2023

Married couples in which both spouses receive benefits will see an estimated $238 increase ... Social Security payments are adjusted each year to keep pace with inflation as measured by the ... Read More

What Will the Social Security COLA Raise Be for 2024?

This means larger checks ... every year. The Social Security Administration reviews the percentage changes of the consumer price index during the third quarter from one year to the next. Read More

Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) increase for 2025

The consumer ... is an increase in the CPI-W, Social Security benefits are adjusted by that percentage. Should the CPI-W decrease or remain flat, benefits do not change the next year. Read More

Social Security's COLA estimate rises. But seniors could struggle as inflation heats up.

COLA estimate rose for a third month, following inflation. But the inflation jump now outpaces seniors' 2024 COLA, putting them in the red. Read More

Social Security benefits increase

WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of Social Security ... increase, brought on by record 40-year-high inflation, which pushed up the price of consumer goods. With inflation easing, the next annual ... Read More

The Social Security COLA Estimate for 2025 Just Increased Thanks to Inflation

Money; Getty Images Next year’s Social Security ... increase from a previous forecast. The new prediction, which comes from advocacy group The Senior Citizens League, is based on February ... Read More

What Social Security Could Look Like in 2035

Mary Beth Franklin, a Social Security expert and contributing editor for Investment News ... see their checks increase slightly most years to keep pace with inflation. These cost-of-living adjustments ... Read More