Social Security recipients are likely to see the smallest cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in five years in 2026, with new forecasts pegging the increase at 2.4 percent.. The estimate, released by ...

High inflation during the pandemic pushed the COLA to 5.9% in 2022 and 8.7% in 2023. ... “If our predictions come true and the 2026 COLA comes in at the lowest we’ve seen since 2021, ...

And that, seniors, is a COLA number that is over a minimum of 2.6% for the fourth consecutive year in a row. In 2022, the rate was 5.9%. By 2023, COLA increased by 8.7%.

This is 0.1 percentage point lower than 2025’s COLA, and the lowest since 2021. “High inflation during the COVID-19 pandemic led to higher-than-average COLAs of 5.9 percent in 2022 and 8.7 ...