Based on the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) readings available through July, the early estimate points to a 2.4% COLA for ...

It might not be as much as you were expecting.

Social Security recipients are getting a raise. Specifically, benefits will increase by 2.8% in 2026, due to a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), according to the Social Security Administration (SSA).

It's not common, but if it applies to you, you'll definitely want to know in advance.

While this would be considerably larger than the 2.8% raise seniors got this year or the 2.5% raise in 2025, retirees face two big issues related to the upcoming 2027 COLA that are likely to lead to ...

The official COLA announcement comes in October each year, but because of the importance of these benefit increases for ...

On the other hand, the unexpected surge in inflation could lead to a higher cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for Social Security recipients. In fact, the CPI-W, the specific inflation metric used to ...

Millions of Americans rely on Social Security benefits as a crucial lifeline, and annual cost-of-living-adjustments (COLAs) are necessary to help seniors keep up with rising costs. A COLA is a Social ...

Beneficiaries are already seeing the impact of the latest cost-of-living adjustment, but how much extra money is actually showing up in monthly checks?

Hoping for a massive Social Security COLA in 2027? Discover why high inflation makes big raises deceptive and how the CPI-W ...

Entering 2026, the new retirement contribution rules for upper-class seniors aren't the only income-related changes coming for older Americans: Social Security benefits are also changing. Beginning in ...

A nonpartisan senior group projects a higher Social Security COLA for 2027 but warns that inflation is still squeezing older Americans.