Here's the average Social Security benefit for people age 65. Waiting longer to claim benefits, even past retirement age, can ...

The agency that collects the data used to determine the cost-of-living-adjustment has had to pull back on how much data it ...

New government inflation data suggests millions of Social Security beneficiaries may see a boost to their monthly checks in ...

Social Security's 2026 cost-of-living adjustment may be 2.5%, a new estimate shows. But COLA could still get a boost if ...

Social Security’s cost-of-living adjustment for 2026 is expected to be 2.5%, analysts said Wednesday, the same increase as ...

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On the one hand, that's an increase from the 2.3% projection the group put out earlier in the year. On the other hand, a 2.4% ...

Social Security retirees received a Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA). COLAs are periodic raises that are intended to help ...

While the actual 2026 Social Security cost-of-living increase for retired workers won’t be announced until October, the ...

What kind of bump can Social Security beneficiaries expect in 2026? A new projection from the Senior Citizen’s League expects ...

Social Security recipients could receive a 2.5% increase in their payments in 2026, according to the latest projections based ...