Policymakers cling to a 1970s consumer-price index formula that overstates cost increases and drives up automatic spending.

After a long drought of government economic releases, we finally got a key update last week: the Consumer Price Index (CPI) ...

As seniors face rising prices for shelter and medical services, their annual benefit boosts aren't keeping up.

Halloween costumes and displays have been in stores since summer, giving families more time to shop and more pressure to ...

The higher the Social Security benefit, the more money that you can collect every year when the COLA is announced.

When the Social Security Administration announced that beneficiaries will be getting a 2.8% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) ...

PARENTS on benefits are set for a 3.8% payment rise from April, giving extra help with the rising cost of raising children.

Social Security's 2026 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) is 2.8%. That's an improvement from the 2.5% COLA seniors received ...

Social Security's 2026 cost-of-living adjustment is 2.8%, but over time, a pattern has emerged in how the agency calculates ...

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Many benefit claimants will be hoping to see their payment rates increase next year, after the CPI figures for September - traditionally the ...

The COLA boost is slightly better than earlier estimates, even if we're not talking about a lot of money. But many retirees are struggling.