As the costs of goods continues to increase nationwide, Social Security benefit adjustments aren't expected to keep up.

T he Social Security Administration (SSA) has announced a 2.5% Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) for 2025, resulting in an ...

Mary Johnson, an independent Social Security analyst, said: "COLA doesn't keep pace with real inflation. The year-over-year ...

The cost of living eased in February, with inflation dipping below 4%. The central bank’s policy pivot last month towards growth-support looks valid. How durable price stability proves, though, is an ...

This year, both the basic and new State Pensions will be uprated by 4.1 per cent, in line with the annual increase in the ...

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While the administration's tough stance on international trade could strengthen the U.S. economy in the long run, the tariffs ...

The Social Security COLA, or cost-of-living adjustment, is the process by which the Social Security Administration increases benefits to keep up with rising costs over time. While the general idea of ...

As of the fourth quarter of 2024, the median salary in the U.S was $61,984 per year, or $1,192 per week for full-time workers. By that metric, making $80,000 a year means you're doing pretty good ...

The State Pension increases at the start of every new tax year on April 6 and the amount it goes up is based on three factors ...

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Yet, he failed to articulate exactly how they intend to, and through what types of policies and/or programmes that they are proposing to achieve 100 per cent poverty eradication in just a “few” years.