A potentially history-making COLA is on track to be dwarfed by a rapidly climbing expense for select retirees.

Social Security beneficiaries receive cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) each year to keep benefit payments aligned with ...

But many retirees live only or mostly on Social Security, creating a situation where the program's annual cost-of-living adjustments, or COLAs, become all the more important.

A history-making moment may be in the cards for Social Security's 2026 COLA Throughout the 2010s, Social Security's cost-of-living adjustments were nothing to write home about.

The two contracts approved at the supervisors’ last meeting include “market-based equity adjustments” in addition to cost-of-living adjustments.

And if you can’t buy, you rent — which is increasingly a financial cul-de-sac. Over 22 million U.S. households now pay more than 30% of their income on rent. High rents crush saving potential, which ...

Unsafe living conditions and lack of safety measures can also create financial tension, forcing seniors to choose between safety and affordability.

Those increases to keep pace with inflation are called Cost of Living Adjustments or COLAs. COLAs are periodic raises made available when a financial index reveals that costs are going up.

Two councilors voted against the budget, citing concerns about exceeding the cost of living adjustment and insufficient school funding.