Rising inflation from new tariffs may lift next year’s COLA, but the net effect on retirees’ wallets could still be negative.

One of the most important pieces of Social Security retirement benefits is the annual cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA.

The official COLA won't be announced by the Social Security Administration until October, but it's worth paying attention to estimates for planning.

The annual COLA is appreciated, but it hasn't always kept up with inflation enough to reasonably cancel it out. According to ...

Social Security cost-of-living adjustment is based on inflation data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. History says ...

Despite a modest upward revision in Social Security’s 2026 COLA forecast, inflationary pressures continue to outpace benefit ...

In 2025, benefits got a 2.5% COLA. Many older Americans are hoping that 2026's COLA will be larger, or at the very least, the ...

There has been a clear trend in TSCL's Social Security COLA predictions. For four consecutive months, the projected increase ...

The Senior Citizens League (TSCL) has predicted that Social Security's 2026 Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) will be 2.5 ...

This week, payments are set to be made to those receiving retirement, survivor and spousal benefits as well as disability ...

Don't bet on it. The actual 2026 COLA will be determined based on the average CPI-W for the third quarter of 2025 compared to the average for the third quarter of 2024.

As long as the CPI-W remains Social Security's inflationary tether, even a record-breaking monthly benefit for retired workers is unlikely to keep pace with the pricing pressures beneficiaries are ...