Social Security & 2025 COLA – What Many Americans Might Experience for the First Time

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Every year, seniors on Social Security get a cost-of-living adjustment, commonly known as COLA. These adjustments are an essential component of the program’s design because they need to maintain retirees’ buying power. Inflation drives up costs, and without corresponding increases in Social Security benefits, seniors on fixed incomes would find their purchasing power diminishing each … Read more

The 2025 COLA Estimates for Retirees Are Poor Yet May Be the Best Ever

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2023 was a peculiar year as the world gradually emerged from the pandemic, grappling with residual health and economic challenges. Amidst these issues, retirees received a significant cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) of 8.7%, the largest in four decades, to help offset inflation. However, the 2024 COLA saw a much smaller increase of 3.2%, more in line … Read more