Social Security benefits are set to rise in 2026. The SSA predicts a 2.7% COLA increase. Retirees and beneficiaries can ...

Social Security benefits increase each year to keep up with rising prices. This yearly boost is called the Cost-of-Living Adjustment, or COLA. For 2026, For 2026, experts expect the COLA to increase ...

A government shutdown could delay the announcement of the cost-of-living adjustment to Social Security benefits. Social ...

The year you were born determines when you become eligible for your Social Security full retirement age benefit (FRA). Use our calculator to determine your FRA.

A key expense for most retirees threatens to gobble up some or all of their Social Security "raise" in the upcoming year.

Older Americans who want to see by how much their Social Security checks will increase next year may have to wait until the government shutdown ends.

Several Social Security Administration (SSA) changes are arriving this month for beneficiaries. On October 15, the ...

The United States federal government shut down on October 1, which means many departments will be shuttered for the duration.

Most people who receive Social Security retirement benefits will see their monthly payments in October 2025 as usual — with ...

An executive order that transitions federal government payments from paper checks to electronic payments went into effect on Sept. 30.

Each October, the Social Security Administration (SSA) reveals the eagerly awaited Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA), which determines the annual increase in benefits. This adjustme ...

The Social Security adjustment is based on the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), which can differ slightly from the CPI-U often cited in headlines. The ...