Recent forecasts concerning Social Security's 2026 COLA suggest the average retiree will receive an additional $48 to $54 per ...

P resident Donald Trump’s firing of the commissioner of labor statistics, Erika McEntarfer, on Friday raises serious risks ...

Social Security COLAs are supposed to help your checks maintain their buying power. Higher COLAs mean higher inflation.

Estimates for Social Security’s Cost of Living Adjustment – the automatic raise beneficiaries typically receive at the start ...

Social Security's cost-of-living adjustment could rise 2.7%. But Medicare Part B premiums are set to rise even more, eating ...

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) tracks a basket of goods, as measured by government officials. The corresponding price ...

A potentially history-making COLA is on track to be dwarfed by a rapidly climbing expense for select retirees.

Her focus is reporting on Social Security, other government benefits and personal finance. She has previously extensively ...

Social Security COLAs are based on third-quarter changes to the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical ...

There's also another key change on the way that will affect many retirees but isn't a Social Security change per se.

The trouble began in 2021, when Americans found themselves flush with cash from stimulus policies at a time when supply ...