The cost for Medicare Part B premiums will rise about 10% in 2026, wiping away about one-third of the Social Security cost-of ...

Social Security beneficiaries will have to wait a bit longer to find out how much their benefits payments will increase by for 2026. Thanks to the ongoing government shut down, the scheduled ...

Looking a bit further back, Social Security's 2.8% raise ties for the ninth-largest year-over-year increase since this ...

Social Security beneficiaries will see a 2.8% increase in their monthly payments in 2026, the Social Security Administration announced Friday, reflecting ongoing inflationary pressures and marking the ...

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics announced Oct. 10 the September Consumer Price Index will be released at 8:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 24.

The Social Security Administration is expected to announce the 2026 COLA in October. If inflation stays stubbornly high this month, you could see a larger raise next year. However, the best-case ...

If there is no increase in the CPI-W, there is no COLA. This year’s 2.8% increase reflects slowing inflation after a stretch of larger adjustments driven by rising prices in 2022 and 2023. In 2023, ...

If not for the government shutdown, Social Security beneficiaries would have discovered the extent of the COLA hike for 2026 when new inflation data was released Oct. 15. In 2025, Social Security and ...