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Retirees heading into 2026 are being told to celebrate a bigger Social Security cost-of-living adjustment, yet many boomers will still feel like their checks are lagging behind the prices that ...

Over 50% of current Social Security recipients have cut living costs because prices rise faster than their benefits. Benefits have lost around 20% of buying power since 2010 due to the COLA formula ...

Up to 90% of retired-worker beneficiaries rely on their monthly Social Security payout to make ends meet. Since 1975, the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Social Security payments are on a normal schedule in January, but recipients will still see a change. They'll be a little bigger.

Financial experts are already making predictions for the amount of the 2027 Social Security COLA. “We’re not anticipating anything greater than 3% at the highest,” says Martha Shedden, co-founder and ...

Social Security benefits get a 2.8% cost-of-living adjustment in 2026. So far, that raise seems to be beating inflation. That doesn't mean retirees on Social Security are going to manage well this ...

Social Security and Supplemental Security Income payments will increase by 2.8% in 2026 due to the cost-of-living adjustment. Social Security retirement benefits for January will be paid on Wednesdays ...