The latest projections suggest President Donald Trump's tariff and trade policies will alter Social Security checks in the ...

The Social Security Board of Trustees Just Updated Its 2026 Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) Forecast. Here's How Much Your Benefits Could Increase. The annual Social Security COLA is based on ...

Social Security benefits are a crucial income source for retirees. There are a few reasons for that, including the fact that ...

The BLS has changed how it measures the inflationary data that determines whether Social Security benefits will get a Cost-of ...

It would also be the lowest cost-of-living adjustment since 2021, when a 1.3% increase went into effect. More from Personal Finance: Here's the inflation breakdown for April 2025 — in one chart.

Average monthly Social Security benefits payments do not always stay the same. Instead, they inch up slowly over time based on what's known as a cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA. From our ...

The cost-of-living adjustment for Social Security could be 2.5% in 2026, based on the latest inflation data, new estimates show. That's up from last month's estimate of 2.4%, said Mary Johnson, an ...

The 2026 cost-of-living adjustment estimate was just updated. Throughout the 2010s, Social Security COLAs weren't much to write home about.

Another California city, San Jose, had the second-highest cost of living increase from 2019 to 2025. According to the study, this city’s annual cost of living went from $124,628 to $138,599 ...

The cost-of-living adjustment for Social Security could be 2.5% in 2026, based on the latest inflation data, new estimates show. That's up from last month's estimate of 2.4%, said Mary Johnson, an ...

The last cost of living increase was in 2007. That was a 7 percent bump which cost the state 1.4 billion dollars. In the current law, that would have to be funded up-front. The new law allows ...