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If the COLA only increases the average retiree's benefit by roughly $50 per month, rising premiums can take a big chunk of that raise. Now, this doesn't mean that the COLAs don't matter at all.
But as noted earlier, Social Security's 2025 COLA is a mixed bag. Although it does provide a fourth-consecutive year with an above-average raise, when compared to the previous 15 years of COLAs, a ...
This 2.49% increase was rounded up to become the 2.5% COLA in 2025. If the CPI-W data were reversed and this year's was lower, there wouldn't be a COLA in 2025. How does the 2025 COLA compare to ...
When you look at the history of Social Security COLAs since the turn of the century, the 2025 COLA is remarkably average. It ranks as the 12th highest COLA since 2001 and sits just under the 2.58% ...
The average 2.6% COLA would amount to a raise of just under $50 per month. While that can be helpful, it likely isn't enough to combat soaring inflation. Benefits are losing buying power
While a lot can happen with various price categories and the U.S. economy over the next 11 months, a viable path does exist for America's top retirement program to endure its fourth 0% COLA in 2026.
The 2025 COLA is the lowest since 2021 and down from 3.2% this year, mainly because of the nation’s falling inflation rate. Over the last decade, the COLA increase has averaged about 2.6% ...
The Social Security COLA is an annual adjustment in benefits intended to help prevent the erosion of the buying power of those benefits due to inflation. Because of inflation, $100 in benefits ...