Retirees must wait another five and a half weeks (give or take a few days) for the Social Security Administration (SSA) to ...

Older Americans who want to see by how much their Social Security checks will increase next year may have to wait until the government shutdown ends.

According to the report, the best-case scenario for 2026 would be a COLA of 3%. That would assume that inflation is on the ...

Seniors are "holding their breath as we wait for the official COLA announcement in October," said TSCL's executive director.

A growing number of retirees are heavily reliant on Social Security to make ends meet. In the most recent iteration of an annual poll from Gallup, 62% of retirees said Social Security is a major ...

The 2026 cost-of-living adjustment will be announced next month and is expected to be increase over the 2025 COLA.

Social Security cost-of-living-adjustments (COLAs) have been high in recent years, due to some of the worst inflation seen in ...

The upcoming cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for 2026 is projected at a modest 2.5 percent. This estimate, if realized, would mean a slight increase in monthly payments for Social Security ...