As the costs of goods continues to increase nationwide, Social Security benefit adjustments aren't expected to keep up.

Mary Johnson, an independent Social Security analyst, said: "COLA doesn't keep pace with real inflation. The year-over-year ...

The Social Security COLA, or cost-of-living adjustment, is the process by which the Social Security Administration increases benefits to keep up with rising costs over time. While the general idea of ...

Cost-of-living adjustments have been something of a mixed bag for retirees over the last 16 years. The 2010s were a period of ...

But since that's a mouthful, everyone calls it the CPI-W. The CPI-W tracks the cost of a basket of goods reflecting the ...

They're calculated based on third-quarter data from the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W). When there's an increase in that CPI-W data from one year to the next, ...

Another thing that's changed in the past two decades is the average monthly Social Security benefit. Why have Social Security ...

Most importantly, retirees typically spend more on shelter and medical care, which means the CPI-W puts too little weight on those spending categories. Consequently, some policy experts think COLAs ...

The Consumer Price Index report released early Wednesday showed a lower-than-expected increase in inflation for the month of ...

The Consumer Price Index Report is due out at 8:30 a.m. ET. Follow along for live updates on stocks, bonds and other markets, including the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite, ...

There is no shortage of changes in Social Security each year. As we hit the ground running in the early parts of 2025, here ...