The first estimate for the 2026 Social Security Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) is 2.4%, potentially increasing the average ...

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 ...

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

Additionally, President Trump last month pushed Congress to approve a "big, beautiful" tax and spending bill that fulfills ...

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

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

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 ...

A larger COLA in 2026 could help Social Security beneficiaries stretch their monthly benefits in the face of tariffs. But ...

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

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 ...

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 ...