Social Security beneficiaries receive an annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to keep the purchasing power of benefits aligned with rising prices across the economy. The official 2026 COLA ...
This year, a 2.5% COLA was applied to boost retirees' 2025 Social Security benefits. The 2.5% COLA is the smallest since 2021 as inflation has eased in recent years after it reached the ...
For those living on a fixed income, such as Social Security, a key part of financial ... following 2025’s increase of 2.5% — the lowest COLA increase in years. However, the latest projection ...
The Social Security COLA hasn’t come in under 2% since 2021, when benefits increased by 1.3%. “A 2.1% COLA is relatively small, especially compared to the large COLA increases in recent ...
Social Security's cost-of-living adjustment may be slightly lower in 2026, even as inflation remains high. The nonpartisan Senior Citizens League expects the COLA to be 2.3% for 2026, based on a ...
Mary Johnson, an independent Social Security analyst, said: "COLA doesn't keep pace with real inflation. The year-over-year ...
Social Security beneficiaries receive an annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to keep the purchasing power of benefits aligned with rising prices across the economy. The official 2026 COLA ...