Social Security COLA may drop to 2.4%, the lowest increase in years, as inflation cools. How will retirees manage?

COLA may be the smallest increase in five years, but inflation trends could shift that outlook. Here's what we know now.

Cost-of-living adjustments are meant to protect seniors from inflation, but they’re pushing millions into unexpected tax ...

Although inflation appears to be cooling — for now — experts warn that the 2026 COLA may not be enough to keep up with ...

Social Security cost-of-living-adjustment will be announced in October, it is projected to be 2.4% by the Senior Citizens ...

New government inflation data shows the pace of inflation has subsided from pandemic-era highs. Social Security beneficiaries ...

Social Security's cost-of-living adjustment for 2026 could be 2.4%, up from last month's forecast for 2.2%, according to an independent analyst.

The projection for Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) for Social Security in 2026 is expected to be the lowest benefit increase in the last five years, with a May estimate of 2.4%. T ...

The Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for 2026 is estimated to be lower than that of 2025, potentially making ...

Millions of older adults look forward to the Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) each year. The COLA is an ...

It's still too early to predict the actual adjustment, but with inflation improving, the nonpartisan Senior Citizens League (TSCL) projects the Social Security COLA for 2026 at 2.4% as of May ...

Still, the new forecast is below the 2025 COLA of 2.5% and the average COLA over the past 20 years of 2.6%. It would be the lowest since 2021, when the increase was 1.3%. COLA is not a raise, but ...