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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

EU mid-market update: UK GDP and production data disappoints; Themes complex as Putin issues demands on Ukraine ceasefire ...

U.S. stock futures were higher on Wednesday morning after February's consumer-price-index report showed inflation rose 0.2% last month and 2.8% from a year ago. Excluding volatile food and energy ...

The CPI for the Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) will compute the income of the clerical and wage earners only. The group considers only those households which earn one-third ...

A woman rights activist, Manjeet Kaur Gamiwala, was murdered in Mansa over a property dispute on International Women's Day. She was attacked with sharp-edged weapons while constructing a house and ...