COLA will likely be announced in October, but that hasn't stopped experts from giving their predictions. The 2025 COLA ...

Social Security beneficiaries are expected to receive the lowest cost-of-living-adjustment (COLA) since 2021, according to ...

Based on the 2026 cost-of-living adjustment estimates from TSCL and Johnson, a 2.4% "raise" next year would increase the ...

The Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) is based on third-quarter inflation data. The COLA formula uses data ...

The Senior Citizens League forecasts the 2026 Cost of Living Adjustment, or COLA, will be 2.4%, up from last month’s prediction of 2.3%. That’s 0.1 percentage points lower than 2025’s COLA of 2.5% and ...

“If our predictions come true and the 2026 COLA comes in at the lowest we’ve seen since 2021, seniors will face additional ...

Meanwhile, independent Social Security and Medicare policy analyst Mary Johnson, who retired from TSCL last year, increased her 2026 COLA prediction from 2.2% to 2.4% following the BLS inflation ...

2026’s Social Security increase ... s Senior Survey said they thought 2025’s COLA of 2.5% was too low and that their monthly Social Security checks would fall behind inflation.