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

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 typical purchases of someone working in or near a city. The Social Security ...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) pays out billions of dollars in benefits every month to nearly 70 million recipients. These benefits are, more often than ...

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

Many seniors on Social Security were disappointed to learn that their monthly benefits would only be increasing by 2.5% in ...

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

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