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 ...

President Trump returned the White House for a second term less than two months ago, but he has already signaled a dramatic ...

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 ...

Another thing that's changed in the past two decades is the average monthly Social Security benefit. In 2005, it was $1,002, or just over $12,000 annually. Fast-forward 20 years, and the average ...

Millions of retirees face growing financial uncertainty as early projections suggest Social Security's 2026 cost-of-living ...

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, ...

Most importantly, retirees typically spend more on shelter and medical care, which means the CPI-W puts too little weight on ...

Analysts now expect the 2026 COLA to be 2.2%, down from 2.5% in 2025, according to forecasts from the Senior Citizens League and from independent Social Security and Medicare analyst Mary Johnson.

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