July's second round of payments will soon be headed out to recipients. Here's the monthly payout schedule and how your ...

Social Security faces insolvency by the mid-2030s. Here's how potential reforms could reshape your retirement benefits.

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With inflation gradually rising and economic uncertainty looming, Social Security beneficiaries are facing a troubling outlook for 2026 as the annual Cost-Of-Living Adjustment (COL ...

Although Social Security retirement benefits began in 1940, the annual COLA wasn't a thing until 1975. Since then, the average annual COLA has been 3.4%, but the amounts have varied widely.

Why Social Security recipients could get shorted in 2026 The Senior Citizens League, an advocacy group, recently announced that based on inflation readings to date, 2026's Social Security COLA ...

Why Social Security recipients could get shorted in 2026 The Senior Citizens League, an advocacy group, recently announced that based on inflation readings to date, 2026's Social Security COLA ...

The Senior Citizens League predicts a 2026 Social Security COLA of 2.5% -- the same increase received in 2025. The last time there was the same COLA in back-to-back years was in 1983 and 1984.

Perhaps surprisingly, the last time there were identical back-to-back Social Security increases was in 1983 and 1984. The annual COLA in both years was 3.5%.

TSCL's latest cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) prediction was especially intriguing. Social Security's 2026 COLA is on track to do something that hasn't happened in 41 years.

Social Security COLA 2026 By the numbers TSCL now predicts that the 2026 COLA will be 2.5%, up from the prior month's estimate of 2.4% and the March estimate of 2.3%.