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The Social Security Administration (SSA) is required to announce the COLA by Nov. 1, but the data used to calculate it will ...

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The average senior who retired in 1999 has lost nearly $5,000 in Social Security payments as a result of the CPI-W.

The ongoing government shutdown has delayed the announcement of the annual Social Security cost-of-living increase ...

Because of the government shutdown, Social Security will be late in announcing the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for 2026. The COLA is likely to be larger than last year, but smaller than in other ...

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The Social Security retirement and Medicare Hospital Insurance (HI) trust funds are approaching insolvency, with both trust ...