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.
A key expense for most retirees threatens to gobble up some or all of their Social Security "raise" in the upcoming year.
This annual increase, called the Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA), ensures that Social Security payments keep pace with ...
Retirees must wait another five and a half weeks (give or take a few days) for the Social Security Administration (SSA) to announce the 2026 COLA. The agency needs inflation data for September 2025 to ...
Surprises tend to be less welcome the older you get. That's because they're often (although not always) of the negative variety. Will retirees be in store for surprises related to Social Security in ...
Social Security recipients will see several changes in 2026, including a cost-of-living adjustment and the elimination of paper checks. The full retirement age will increase in 2026, affecting those ...
Social Security’s COLA history shows volatility and lagging protection. Projections for 2026 suggest a modest 2.7% rise, or ...
Every year, older Americans wait for October to find out how much their monthly Social Security checks will increase next year. This year, they may have to wait longer. Without September's inflation ...
Shreve and her two cats − Venus and Serena (named after the tennis stars) − were among the first to move into the 57-unit ...
For retirees, few announcements have more bearing than the annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) reveal in October. Though Social Security payouts are on track to do something that hasn't been ...