The Social Security Administration this week announced a 2.5 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for this year, a more modest increase in the national retirement and benefits plan that reflects easing inflation in the economy. Last year, the increase was 3.2 percent. In 2022, the increase ...
Social Security benefits are given a cost-of-living adjustment each year. The 2025 COLA increase is the smallest since 2021.
WASHINGTON - Millions of retirees on Social Security will get a 5.9% boost in benefits for 2022. The biggest cost-of-living adjustment in 39 years follows a burst in inflation as the economy struggles to shake off the drag of the coronavirus pandemic. The COLA, as it's commonly calle...
For example, in October of 2021 the SSA announced a 5.9% COLA. In most publications and new reports, this was referred to as the “2022” COLA. There are places where even the Social Security Administration seems to refer to this as the 2022 COLA. This led many to think that if they...
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The Social Security COLA increase in 2025 is likely to be smaller than in 2024, according to estimates. Here are some potential changes Americans should take into account.
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The short answer is yes: Social Security benefits are adjusted upward for the effects of inflation. This Social Security cost-of-living increase is officially known as the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA). Each year, the Social Security Administration (SSA) decides whether the following year’s...
That will mark the smallest COLA since 2021, when seniors received a 1.3% adjustment due to the pandemic's low rate of inflation. Because inflation surged in 2022 and 2023, Social Security provided unusually large COLAs for those years, at 5.9% and 8.7%, respectively. ...
Social Security's trust funds can pay full benefits through 2035, the Social Security Board of Trustees said in June. At that time, the program will be able to pay 80% of benefits, the board projects. The historic high COLA in 2023 could accelerate the depletion of the trust...