The cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) applied to Social Security payments in any given year is based on CPI-W inflation from ...

This is intended to help seniors and other Social Security recipients keep up with inflation and is based on Consumer Price ...

If you collect Social Security payments, you may be pleasantly surprised when you get your first direct deposit or your first ...

What's more, surveys have shown that Social Security checks are necessary for seniors to make ends meet. A poll from ...

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The Senior Citizens League (TSCL), a nonpartisan senior group, recently released their monthly COLA estimate, predicting that ...

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.4 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis in December, ...

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Forget about COLAs for a minute -- because Social Security itself has some big problems. More money is being paid out of its ...

Social Security cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, went into effect recently and was reflected on the payments received in ...

COLA is tied to the CPI-W, or the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers. For December, the CPI-W was 2.8%, up from 2.6% in November. "While slowing inflation is a good ...

The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): This index is used to determine the annual cost of living adjustments to Social Security benefits and to adjust ...